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Phrase

Eat out of house and home

Origin

Henry IV Part 1

Definition

To eat a lot of somebody’s food, especially

when staying with them.

Example

Being quarantined, moms everywhere are

complaining that their teenagers are eating

them out of house and home, and using all

the toilet paper.