eat someone out of house and home: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  GeneralOriginally Early Modern English (England)literalidiomaticMachine
  • To consume so much of another person's food supply that little or none remains for the owner.

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  • Ever since the kids came to stay, they've been eating us out of house and home with all their snacks.

    Desde que los niños se quedaron, nos han estado consumiendo toda la comida con sus bocadillos.

  • My dog eats me out of house and home when I'm away on business trips.

    Mi perro me consume toda la comida cuando estoy fuera por viajes de trabajo.

  • The guests were so hungry they ended up eating us out of house and home during the weekend.

    Los invitados tenían tanta hambre que terminaron consumiendo toda la comida durante el fin de semana.

• 2.

  GeneralfigurativeidiomaticinformalMachine
  • To exhaust or deplete another person's resources, provisions, or hospitality through excessive consumption or use.

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  • With all the extra visitors, our supplies were eaten out of house and home by the end of the month.

    Con todos los visitantes extra, nuestras provisiones se agotaron completamente a fin de mes.

  • Hosting that party really ate me out of house and home; I had to restock the pantry twice.

    Organizar esa fiesta realmente agotó mis provisiones; tuve que reabastecer la despensa dos veces.

  • The constant demands of the project ate us out of house and home, draining both time and money.

    Las demandas constantes del proyecto nos agotaron los recursos, consumiendo tanto tiempo como dinero.