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Pen slide 883 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Eating me out of house and home

Hi teachers.

I came across this expression in the textbook and my students asked me if it is very common.

I also introduced 'a big appetite? and a big eater.' but no more.

I would like to ask you the same question.

Is it the most common expression(both A.E and B.E) or there is another for this?

Thanks in advance.

  

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This is very often heard in the US. For example: I've got a St. Bernard, a Great Dane, and a Newfoundland, and they're eating me out of house and home.

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  • This is very often heard in the US.
  • For example: I've got a St.
  • Bernard, a Great Dane, and a Newfoundland, and they're eating me out of house and home.
  • , and he's eating me out of house and home.
  • I've got an uncontrollable roach problem.
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This is very often heard in the US. For example:


I've got a St. Bernard, a Great Dane, and a Newfoundland, and they're eating me out of house and home.


My boy is only 12 and he's already 6-1 and 190 lbs., and he's eating me out of house and home.


I've got an uncontrollable roach problem. There're about 50 million of them, and they're eating me out of house an

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"eat someone out of house and home" is a widely known expression, at least in BrE. It is not something that one hears said every day, of course, but it does not sound unusual and is OK to use in everyday language.

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pen slide 883my students asked me if it is very common

You can safely tell them that it is.

CJ

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