English Explanatory Dictionary

eat someone out of house and home

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.

Pronunciation

en-au-eat someone out of house and home.ogg

Word forms

eat someone out of house and home eats someone out of house and home eating someone out of house and home ate someone out of house and home eaten someone out of house and home

Etymology

Appears in The Second Shepherds' Play by The Wakefield Master (1400-1450), later used by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 (baptised) – 1616) in his play Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599): see the quotation.

Related words

out of house and home
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