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Aussiesalute Posted 12 years ago
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What does it mean to train the house down?
The phrase came from Rugby
  

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It's apparently a British expression meaning to train extremely vigorously for a long time. It's vital you eat the right stuff before and after training to help your body recover. If you t rain the house down everyday and don't get the right nutrition your body will suffer.

— AlpheccaStars

  • It's apparently a British expression meaning to train extremely vigorously for a long time.
  • It's vital you eat the right stuff before and after training to help your body recover.
  • If you t rain the house down everyday and don't get the right nutrition your body will suffer.
  • So go for carbohydrates to give you energy before you train and proteins afterwards to help your body recover.
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It's apparently a British expression meaning to train extremely vigorously for a long time.

It's vital you eat the right stuff before and after training to help your body recover. If you train the house down everyday and don't get the right nutrition your body will suffer. So go for carbohydrates to give you energy before you train and proteins afterwards to help your body recove
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AlpheccaStarsSo go for carbohydrates to give you energy before you train and proteins afterwards to help your body recover.
On their nutritionist's advice they stuff themselves with protein and carbohydrates during evening meals.

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Is it harmful to eat potatoes everyday? Boiled ones? They are my favourite.
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verb the house down is an informal expression meaning to do something to an extreme degree.

eg While a little disappointed with his cycle, he swam and ran the house down.
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Cliveverb the house down is an informal expression meaning to do something to an extreme degree.
Yes, in the US we say: the singer was so good that he brought the house down. But, in this case, "the house" is the audience, the people attending the performance. eg. The house was sold out. (No more tickets left.)
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Yes, in Britain, too.
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AlpheccaStarshe brought the house down. But
I have no trouble in accepting the AmE idiom for what it is.
AlpheccaStarsClive: verb the house down is an informal expression meaning to do something to an extreme degree.
I have no trouble in accepting the BrE idiom for what it is.

The nature of idioms being what
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