eat someone out of house and home

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词形变化

ate someone out of house and home eaten someone out of house and home eating someone out of house and home eats someone out of house and home 三单 eats someone out of house and home eating someone out of house and home 现在分词 ate someone out of house and home 过去式 eaten someone out of house and home 过去式 eaten someone out of house and home 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.

    习语

词源

Appears in The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master (1400-1450), later used by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 (baptised) – 1616) in his play Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599): see the quotation.

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