詞彙 "eat someone out of house and home" 在中文的含義

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eat someone out of house and home

US /iːt ˈsʌm.wʌn aʊt əv haʊs ənd hoʊm/
UK /iːt ˈsʌm.wʌn aʊt əv haʊs ənd həʊm/
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成語

把某人吃窮, 吃很多

to eat a lot of food, especially when you are a guest in someone's house, so that they have to spend a lot of money on food

範例:
My teenage son is eating me out of house and home.
我十幾歲的兒子把我吃窮了
The guests will eat us out of house and home if they stay much longer.
如果客人再待久一點,他們會把我們吃窮的