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domus rimas agitthe house walls are beginning to crack.Rate it:

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domus ruina impendetthe house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note "Threaten"...).Rate it:

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domus subita ruina collapsa estthe house suddenly fell in ruins.Rate it:

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eat someone out of house and homeC. 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II Scene I.Rate it:

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eat someone out of house and homeTo consume such a portion of one's store of food that little is left for the owner.Rate it:

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Eat You Out of House and HomeTo eat and spend everything that other person has in his houseRate it:

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essuyer les plâtresTo live in a newly-built house (and therefore damp). Rate it:

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essuyer les plâtresTo move into a newly-built house before the walls are dry; (fig.) To experience the disadvantages of a beginning.Rate it:

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evertere aliquem bonis, fortunis patriisto drive a person out of house and home.Rate it:

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expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellereto turn a person out of his house, his property.Rate it:

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exturbare aliquem omnibus fortunis, e possessionibusto drive a person out of house and home.Rate it:

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first things firstDeal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the pollsRate it:

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fish for complimentsTo try to induce someone to make a compliment.Rate it:

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foras exire (Plaut. Amph. 1. 2. 35)to go out of the house.Rate it:

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foras mittere aliquemto turn some one out of the house.Rate it:

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fox guarding the henhouse meaningA for should not be trusted to guard a hen house because they are hen hunters and will eat them when given the chance.Rate it:

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full housepoker handRate it:

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get on like a house on fireTo immediately start a good relationship with someoneRate it:

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get outTo spend free time out of the house.Rate it:

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habitare in domo alicuius, apud aliquem (Acad. 2. 36. 115)to live in some one's house.Rate it:

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haunted houseA Halloween amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through the attraction.Rate it:

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haunted houseUsed other than as an idiom: see haunted, house.Rate it:

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hommage de l'auteurWith the author’s compliments.Rate it:

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hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)to welcome a man as a guest in one's house.Rate it:

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house cooling partyA party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.Rate it:

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house of cardsA structure or argument built on a shaky foundation.Rate it:

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house of cardsA structure made by laying cards perpendicularly on top of each other.Rate it:

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house of GodA church.Rate it:

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house of ill fameA brothelRate it:

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house poorIn financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.Rate it:

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house warmingPresented as a way of welcoming someone to a home into which he or she recently moved.Rate it:

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hutch upto share a house or flat with another person, especially due to high rentsRate it:

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il fait la pluie et le beau temps dans cette maisonHis will is law in that house; He is the boss of that show (fam.).Rate it:

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il fera beau quand je retournerai chez luiIt will be a very fine day when I go to his house again (i.e. I shall never go).Rate it:

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il n'a ni feu ni lieuHe has neither house nor home.Rate it:

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invita la casaon the houseRate it:

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invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)to invite some one to one's house.Rate it:

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je prends mes repas dans une pension bourgeoiseI board at a private boarding-house.Rate it:

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keep houseTo take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.Rate it:

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keep houseTo seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent(s).Rate it:

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latch-key childA child who returns home from school to an empty house and therefore must unlock/unlatch the exterior door with a key, especially a child of working or absent parent.Rate it:

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move houseTo change one's place of residence.Rate it:

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N'en jetez plus !N’ajoutez rien, ni reproches ni compliments, cela suffit.Rate it:

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on the houseFree, complimentary.Rate it:

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on the houseA complimentary item beverage, dessert.Rate it:

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opera housemusic venueRate it:

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out of house and homeHelping Your Dog Adjust to a New Home, The Progressive Animal Welfare Society.Rate it:

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out of house and homeGlobal Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science NOW.Rate it:

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out of house and homeCassandra Chrones Moore, Haunted Housing: How Toxic Scare Stories Are Spooking the Public Out of House and Home.Rate it:

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