"eat out of house and home" 怎么发音
expression
EET-OWT-uhv-HOWS-and-HOHM
EET-OWT-ov-HOWS-and-HOHM
释义
To eat so much food at someone’s home that it causes a problem for them, usually as a humorous exaggeration.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈit/ /ˈaʊt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈhaʊs/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈhoʊm
英式英语
ˈiːt/ /ˈaʊt/ /ˈɒv/ /hʌʊs/ /ˈænd/ /hˈəʊm
简化发音
美式
EET-OWT-uhv-HOWS-and-HOHM
英式
EET-OWT-ov-HOWS-and-HOHM
语境中听
My teenage son could eat out of house and home if I let him.
The guests almost ate us out of house and home during the holidays.
If you keep eating like this, you'll eat me out of house and home!
Between my kids and their friends, I sometimes feel like they're going to eat me out of house and home.