"out of house and home" 怎么发音

expression

US

OWT-uhv-HOWS-and-HOHM

UK

OWT-ov-HOWS-and-HOHM

释义

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 音标

美式英语

ˈaʊt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈhaʊs/ /ˈænd/, /ənd/ /ˈhoʊm

英式英语

ˈaʊt/ /ˈɒv/ /hʌʊs/ /ˈænd/ /hˈəʊm

简化发音

美式

OWT-uhv-HOWS-and-HOHM

英式

OWT-ov-HOWS-and-HOHM

语境中听

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!