"eat out of house and home" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 吃穷（某人）- 把家里的食物都吃光

Definition

形容在别人家吃太多，把人家吃穷了，通常是夸张和幽默的说法。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是一个非正式、幽默的表达。常用来形容小孩或客人吃太多。并非真的吃到让人破产，而是一种夸张说法。常见表达方式是“他快把我吃穷了”。

Examples

My teenage son could eat out of house and home if I let him.

我儿子要是我不管，他真的会把我**吃穷**。

The guests almost ate us out of house and home during the holidays.

假期里客人们差点把我们**吃穷**。

If you keep eating like this, you'll eat me out of house and home!

你再这样吃下去，会把我**吃穷**的！

Between my kids and their friends, I sometimes feel like they're going to eat me out of house and home.

我孩子和他们的朋友们，有时候真的快要把我**吃穷**了。

After the big family reunion, Mom joked that everyone had eaten her out of house and home.

大家庭聚会后，妈妈笑说大家都快把她**吃穷**了。

Seriously, with the way you guys eat, it's like you're trying to eat me out of house and home!

说真的，你们这样吃，好像真的要把我**吃穷**！