Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

eat-someone-out-of-house-and-home

idiom

/iːt ˈsʌmwʌn aʊt əv haʊs ənd hoʊm/

Definition

To consume so much food that it leaves someone else impoverished or with very little food left.

Examples

After staying with us for a week, Tim really did eat us out of house and home!
She has such a big appetite that I jokingly said she would eat us out of house and home if she stayed for dinner every night.

Meaning

This phrase typically refers to someone who eats extensively and leaves little for others, often humorously implying that the person’s appetite is so large it could deplete the household’s food supply.