How to Pronounce "out of house and home"
expression
OWT-uhv-HOWS-and-HOHM
OWT-ov-HOWS-and-HOHM
Definition
If someone eats you out of house and home, they eat so much that you have little or nothing left, often as a humorous exaggeration. It means their appetite is so big it could make you lose everything.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈaʊt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈhaʊs/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈhoʊm
British English
ˈaʊt/ /ˈɒv/ /hʌʊs/ /ˈænd/ /hˈəʊm
Simplified Pronunciation
US
OWT-uhv-HOWS-and-HOHM
UK
OWT-ov-HOWS-and-HOHM
Listen in Context
My teenage brother eats me out of house and home.
If you keep eating like that, you'll eat us out of house and home!
Those puppies almost ate us out of house and home last year.
My three sons are all home from college—I'm being eaten out of house and home this week!