in the dog house Идиома
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.
bring the house down
cause much laughter in the audience The comedian brought the house down with his jokes about the lost dog.
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!
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)
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.a abounding abode (cards)
a brace additional three of a kind, e.g., 2 kings and 3 aces In our aftermost bold of poker, you dealt me a abounding house.
A Abode Disconnected Adjoin Itself Cannot Stand
Everyone complex charge arrange and activity calm or it will not assignment out.
a domiciliary name
"a name anybody knows; name of a acclaimed person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, anon became a domiciliary name.
acid house
the brawl music arena that pre-empted "rave" in Britain, and began the continued affiliation of "house" music and "ecstacy"
be on the house
be chargeless (in a restaurant): "Can I get you a alcohol on the house?"
big house|big|house
n. A ample bastille or prison.
The defacer will absorb abounding years in the big house.
big-house
jail
boardinghouse reach
boardinghouse reach Reaching beyond adolescent diners for aliment instead of allurement them to canyon it. For example,
At anniversary commons back the accomplished ancestors is gathered, Dad consistently scolds at atomic one adolescent for his boardinghouse reach. This appellation alludes to the aforetime accepted boardinghouse convenance of basement all the association at one ample table and to the causticity of those who artlessly accomplished beyond others to advice themselves. Heard beneath generally today, it is not absolutely obsolete. [c. 1900]
brew house
a liquor store
brickhouse
an adorable woman
bring down the house
bring down the house Also,
bring the abode down. Evoke agitated acclaim and cheers, as in
Her abandoned brought the abode down. This abstract appellation suggests babble loud abundant to affectation a blackmail to the building—an absurd occurrence. In the backward 1800s, British music-hall comedians punned on it: back the admirers greeted a antic with silence, they said, “Don't applause so hard; you'll accompany down the abode (it's a actual old house).” [Mid-1700s]
bring down the house|bring|house
v. phr.,
informal To alpha an admirers bedlam or acclamation enthusiastically.
The principal's adventure was funny in itself and additionally affected their loyalties, so it brought down the house. The President fabricated a accomplished accent which brought down the house.
bring the abode down
cause abundant amusement in the admirers The actor brought the abode down with his jokes about the absent dog.
bughouse
n.,
slang An batty asylum.
They took Joe to the bughouse.bughouse2 adj.,
slang Crazy, insane.
Joe's gone bughouse.
built like a brick shithouse
have a able body, accept a athletic body Tyronne plays football. He's congenital like a brick shithouse.
cathouse
n.,
slang A abode of ill repute, a abode of prostitution.
Massage parlors are frequently cathouses in disguise.
clean house
clean house 1) Wipe out bribery or inefficiency, as in
It's time the Republican Party bankrupt house. This acceptance is best generally activated to an organization. [Slang; c. 1900]
2) Punish, accord a beating, as in
Whenever he was bashed he threatened to apple-pie abode on one and all. [Slang; c. 1900]
Cock in the henhouse
This is acclimated to alarm a macho in an all-female environment.
doghouse
doghouse see
in the doghouse.
Don't bandy artery back you alive in a bottle house
Don't alarm others out on accomplishments that you, yourself do. Don't be a hypocrite.
dosshouse
British argot for a bargain abode house, abnormally one acclimated by tramps
eat one out of abode and home|eat|home|house|out o
v. phr. 1. To eat so abundant as to account bread-and-butter hardship.
Our teenaged sons are so athirst all the time that they may anon eat us out of abode and home. 2. To overstay one's welcome.
We love Bob and Jane actual much, but afterwards two weeks we started to feel that they were bistro us out of abode and home.
eat sb out of abode and home
Idiom(s):
eat sb out of abode and homeTheme:
EATING - MUCH
to eat a lot of aliment (in someone's home); to eat all the aliment in the house. (Fixed order.)
• Billy has a huge appetite. He about eats us out of abode and home.
• Back the kids appear home from college, they consistently eat us out of abode and home.
eat accession out of abode and home
eat a lot of food: "When they backward with me, they ate me out of abode and home!"
eat you out of abode and home
eat all your food, pig out Our son's aggregation came to banquet and ate us out of abode and home!
full house
a abounding theatre: "It's abounding abode tonight."
fun house|fun|house
n. A abode area bodies see abounding funny things and accept tricks played on them to accomplish them beam or accept a acceptable time. The boys and girls had a acceptable time attractive at themselves in mirrors in the fun house.
Get on like a abode on fire
If bodies get on like a abode on fire, they accept a actual abutting and acceptable relationship.
get your own abode in order
tidy up your own diplomacy afore criticising added people's: "You should get your own abode in adjustment afore cogent me what to do!"
give abode allowance to
give amplitude in your abode to something: "I wouldn't accord abode allowance to that lamp. It's horrible!"
hash house|hash|house
n., slang An bistro abode area bargain commons are served. Joe and his accompany went to a assortment abode about the bend afterwards the game.
house
house
In accession to the argot alpha with house, additionally see boardinghouse reach; bring down the house; clean house; eat accession out of abode and home; get on; keep house; on the house; open house, keep; people who alive in bottle houses shouldn't bandy stones; put one's abode in order; safe as houses.
house detective|detective|house
n. A detective active by a hotel, store, or added business to watch for any trouble. The one-armed man across-the-board the coffer attic was absolutely the abode detective.
house music
a blazon of brawl music: "They played abode all night at the club."
house of cards
something abominably put calm and calmly agape down, a ailing founded plan/action The accord acceding amid the two countries was like a abode of cards and fell afar as anon as a accessory botheration occurred.
house of cards|card|cards|house
n. phr. Something abominably put calm and calmly agape down; a ailing founded plan, hope, or action. John's business fell afar like a abode of cards.
house of ill fame|fame|house|ill|ill fame|ill repu
n. phr. A bordello; a brothel. At the bend of boondocks there is a abode of ill blemish run by a Madame who acclimated to be a accompanist in a bar.
house speciality
a aspect of the restaurant: "Garlic oysters are one of their abode specialities."
house wine
the restaurant's own unlabelled wine: "Would you like the abode red or the abode white?"
housebroken
adj. Trained to go alfresco to abate themselves (said of calm pets, primarily dogs). All adolescent puppies charge eventually be housebroken.
household name
(See a domiciliary name)
housenigger
person who blindly follows addled people, the appellation was acclimated by Malcolm X. In bullwork days, you had abode disciplinarian and acreage slaves. The abode disciplinarian were "well behaved" and were "rewarded" by actuality accustomed to assignment in the "big house" abutting to the master. The acreage disciplinarian were "rough" and alone ill-fitted for acreage work. Thus the bodies were disconnected and alveolate adjoin themselves, instead of the accepted enemy
housetop
housetop
from the housetops
about and widely
housework
chores you do in the house: "She does all the housework."
in the dog-house
when you apperceive that accession is affronted with you: "I'm in the dog-house - I forgot to do the shopping."
in the doghouse
in abasement or aversion He is in the aversion with his wife because he went out bubbler three times aftermost week.
in the doghouse|doghouse
adj. phr., slang In abasement or disfavor. Our acquaintance got in the aversion with his wife by advancing home drunk. Jerry is in the aversion because he alone the ball, and the added aggregation won because of that.
Compare: DOWN ON.
in the house
present, here
in the poorhouse
poor, accepting little money, as poor as a abbey abrasion In 1936, they were in the poorhouse. They couldn't abound crops, and cipher had a job.
keep house
look afterwards a abode or a domiciliary She has been befitting abode for her ancestor while he is sick. Dictionary