wear out one's welcome

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tobehavein anoffensive,burdensome, ortiresomemanner, with the result that one's continued presence isunwantedwithin aresidence,commercialestablishment, or social group.1889,Lewis Carroll[pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson],Sylvie and Bruno, London; New York, N.Y.:Macmillan and Co.,→OCLC,page224:No: he feared to "wear out his welcome," he said: they had "seen enough of him for one while": [...]1921,William MacLeod Raine, chapter 30, inTangled Trails:"Well, I don't aim to have no truck with you at all," blustered the fat man. "You've just naturallywore out yore welcomewith me before ever you set down. I'll ask you to go right now."2005November 3, “Presidential Cat Tales”, inTime:The pet, appropriately named Tiger,wore out his welcomevery quickly. "Evidently Tiger was a real 'Conan the Destroyer' beastie," reports Harding.

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