outstay your welcome

意思

to stay somewhere as a guest for too long

做客待得太久.

例句

1. 1We left after lunch because we didn't want to outstay our welcome.
2. 2My cousin came for a weekend, stayed three weeks and really outstayed his welcome.
3. 3I'd love another coffee, but it's late and I don't want to outstay my welcome.
4. 4The guests had outstayed their welcome, so Tom started loudly washing the dishes.
5. 5Do you think we're outstaying our welcome? Your parents keep looking at the clock.

文法

只有 outstay 變化形式：outstays、outstaying、outstayed。your 隨人稱變化。美式英語說 overstay。