The idiom "eat somebody out of house and home" originated from the idea of someone consuming so much food that it depletes the available resources in a household. The phrase implies that the person's appetite is so insatiable or their eating habits are so excessive that they consume all the food supplies, leaving the household with nothing else to eat. It emphasizes the idea of overwhelming hunger or the ability to consume large quantities of food. Here are five example sentences using the idiom:

Definice a význam slova „ eat somebody out of house and home“ v angličtině

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