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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries식솔이 늘어 거지되다
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sik-sol-i neu-reo geo-ji-doe-da
"아이들이 집에 와서 냉장고를 다 비우고 있어요."
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To consume a large quantity of someone's food, typically while staying at their home as a guest for a long time, causing them great expense.
"My teenage nephews are visiting for the summer, and they are eating me out of house and home."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
This idiom originates from Shakespeare's play Henry IV, Part 2 (written around 1597), where the character Hostess Quickly accuses Falstaff of eating her out of house and home. The phrase creatively combines 'house' and 'home' as a tautological legalistic pairing common in Early Modern English to emphasize complete and utter exhaustion of resources.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eat someone out of house and home" is said worldwide
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manger quelqu'un ruiner
Transliteration: mān-zhā kel-kœ̃ rü-i-ne
Script: manger quelqu'un jusqu'à le ruiner
"Ces adolescents me mangent hors de la maison."
jemandem die Haare vom Kopf essen
Transliteration: ye-man-dem di ha-re fom kopf es-en
"Die Gäste essen uns die Haare vom Kopf."
prosciugare la dispensa
Transliteration: pro-shu-gā-re la dis-pèn-sa
Script: prosciugare le riserve di casa
"I miei nipoti stanno prosciugando la dispensa."
comerse hasta las paredes
Transliteration: co-mer-se as-ta las pa-re-des
"Mis sobrinos me están comiendo hasta las paredes."
comer alguém fora de casa
Transliteration: ko-mer aw-gãj-ɐj fo-ɾɐ dɨ ka-zɐ
Script: comer tudo o que há na dispensa
"Os visitantes estão a comer-nos a despensa toda."
सारा राशन ख़त्म कर देना
Transliteration: sara rashan khatm kar dena
"ये मेहमान तो हमारा सारा राशन ख़त्म कर देंगे।"
把某人吃穷
Transliteration: bǎ mǒu rén chī qióng
"这些年轻人把我都快吃穷了。"
식솔이 늘어 거지되다
Transliteration: sik-sol-i neu-reo geo-ji-doe-da
"아이들이 집에 와서 냉장고를 다 비우고 있어요."
食い尽くす
Transliteration: kui-tsukusu
"彼らは私の家にある食べ物をすっかり食い尽くしてしまった。"
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