Significado:
A Doll's House 
Casa de muñecas (obra teatral de Henrik Ibsen)
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a full house (cards)
a pair plus three of a kind, e.g., 2 kings and 3 aces In our last game of poker, you dealt me a full house.
a household name
"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.
a picture is worth a thousand words
a picture is easier to understand than a report or essay Instead of more talk, I'll draw thousand words a diagram. A picture is worth a thousand words.
as poor as a church mouse
very poor, having little, the wolf is at the door How can they refuse to help her? She's as poor as a church mouse.
bat a thousand
hit every time at bat, win every competition I've had two interviews and two offers. I'm batting a thousand!
bring the house down
cause much laughter in the audience The comedian brought the house down with his jokes about the lost dog.
build a better mousetrap
improve a common product If you're not an inventor, you try to build a better mousetrap.
built like a brick shithouse
have a strong body, have a sturdy build Tyronne plays football. He's built like a brick shithouse.
eat you out of house and home
eat all your food, pig out Our son's team came to dinner and ate us out of house and home!
famous last words
a prediction that is false - the opposite happens, twist of fate """We don't need a spare tire. We never have flat tires on this car."" ""Sure. Famous last words!"""
get serious
do not joke, be serious, pay attention When we discussed water safety he told us to get serious.
goodness gracious
oh my, oh dear, gosh Goodness gracious! That sauce is hot!
grouse
complain, a bitch The mayor said everybody's grousing about high taxes.
house of cards
something badly put together and easily knocked down, a poorly founded plan/action The peace agreement between the two countries was like a house of cards and fell apart as soon as a minor problem occurred.
household name
(See a household name)
humongous
huge, very large My uncle has this humongous dog. It's as big as a calf.
hundred/thousand/million and one
very/too many I can think of a hundred and one reasons why the new employee is not capable of doing his job.
in the doghouse
in disgrace or disfavor He is in the doghouse with his wife because he went out drinking three times last week.
in the poorhouse
poor, having little money, as poor as a church mouse In 1936, they were in the poorhouse. They couldn't grow crops, and nobody had a job.
keep house
look after a house or a household She has been keeping house for her father while he is sick.
louse up
make a mess of or spoil something Please try not to louse up the computer again. It was working fine this morning.
lousy
poor quality, in poor condition, shabby Everything works except the lousy printer. It's broken.
mousy
worn and faded, shabby This shirt is kind of mousy, but I love to wear it.
nervous breakdown
(See breakdown)
nervous Nellie
a timid person who lacks determination and courage He is a nervous Nellie and is afraid of most of the other students in the school.
nut house
mental hospital, insane asylum, loony bin They took Hans to the nut house when he taped paper wings to his arms and tried to fly.
on the house
provided free by a business - especially a bar or restaurant The room at the hotel was not ready when we arrived so they provided us with free drinks on the house.
people who live in glass houses should not throw s
do not complain about other people if you are as bad as they are You should not criticize other people so much. Remember, people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw st
people who have faults should not criticize others Perfect people can be critical, but people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
picture is worth a thousand words
(See a picture is worth a thousand words)
play cat and mouse with someone
tease or fool someone by pretending to let him go free and then catching him again The boxer was playing cat and mouse with his opponent although he could have won easily.
poor as a church mouse
(See as poor as a church mouse)
poor house
(See in the poorhouse)
rabble rouser
a person who makes noise and causes problems A bunch of rabble rousers were fighting at the football game.
serious coin
a lot of money, big bucks Membership in the Pines Golf Club will cost you serious coin.
take me seriously
be serious about me and what I say and do I'm not joking about going to a psychic. Please take me seriously.
acid house
the dance music scene that pre-empted "rave" in Britain, and began the long association of "house" music and "ecstacy"
all mouth and no trousers
boastful and without just reason
be bringin' on the raucous
to be doing the best possible at something:"After that damn all nighter for ORGO yesterday... I'm bringin' the raucous!"
big girl's blouse
derogatory term for a feeble and ineffectual soft person
big-house
jail
bootilitious
corny; lame; stupid; weak:"That joke was bootilitious"
brew house
a liquor store
brickhouse
an attractive woman
dosshouse
British slang for a cheap lodging house, especially one used by tramps
douse
to put out; to extinguish
ghetto fabulous
1. livin large in the ghetto
2. cool
gracious
see it's all good to the gracious
housenigger
person who blindly follows simple-minded people, the term was used by Malcolm X. In slavery days, you had house slaves and field slaves. The house slaves were "well behaved" and were "rewarded" by being allowed to work in the "big house" close to the master. The field slaves were "rough" and only suited for field work. Thus the people were divided and pitted against themselves, instead of the common enemy
in the house
present, here
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