"out of house and home" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 吃窮（某人）- 吃到讓人傾家蕩產

Definition

如果有人把你吃窮了，意思是他吃得太多，幾乎把你吃到無家可歸，通常有誇張和幽默的意思。形容某人食量特別大。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

此慣用語為口語且幽默，多用來形容孩子、客人或寵物很能吃：'My son eats me out of house and home.' 並不是字面意思，極少真的指無家可歸。總是和 'eat' 類動詞搭配。

Examples

My teenage brother eats me out of house and home.

我的青少年弟弟**把我吃窮了**。

If you keep eating like that, you'll eat us out of house and home!

你這樣吃下去會**把我們吃窮**！

Those puppies almost ate us out of house and home last year.

去年那些小狗差點**把我們吃窮了**。

My three sons are all home from college—I'm being eaten out of house and home this week!

我三個兒子都從大學回家了——這週我快被**吃窮了**！

With the way you snack, you’re going to eat me out of house and home before the weekend.

你一直這樣吃零食，週末前就**把我吃窮了**。

Every time my cousin visits, I brace myself—he always eats us out of house and home.

每次表弟來我家我都做好心理準備——他總是**把我們吃窮**。