Nghĩa là gì: Accepting house

Accepting house

(Econ) Ngân hàng nhận trả.

bottom the house Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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.

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.

poor house

(See in the poorhouse)

acid house

the dance music scene that pre-empted "rave" in Britain, and began the long association of "house" music and "ecstacy"

big-house

jail

brew house

a liquor store

brickhouse

an attractive woman

dosshouse

British slang for a cheap lodging house, especially one used by tramps

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

keep open house

entertain freely 十分好客；所有来客都热情招待
Mr．Wang is very hospitable；he keeps open house for his friends and fellow workers．王先生十分好客，无论是他的朋友还是同事，他都热情接待。

put one's house in order

Idiom(s): put one's house in order

Theme: ORGANIZATION

to put one's business or personal affairs into good order.
• There was some trouble at work and the manager was told to put his house in order.
• Every now and then, I have to put my house in order. Then life becomes more manageable.

like a house on fire

Idiom(s): like a house on fire AND like a house afire

Theme: SPEED

rapidly and with force. (Folksy.)
• The truck came roaring down the road like a house on fire.
• The crowd burst through the gate like a house afire.

eat sb out of house and home

Idiom(s): eat sb out of house and home

Theme: EATING - MUCH

to eat a lot of food (in someone's home); to eat all the food in the house. (Fixed order.)
• Billy has a huge appetite. He almost eats us out of house and home.
• When the kids come home from college, they always eat us out of house and home.

like a house afire

People who live in glass houses should not throw

One should not criticize others for faults similar to one's own.

Cock in the henhouse

This is used to describe a male in an all-female environment.

Don't throw bricks when you live in a glass house

Don't call others out on actions that you, yourself do. Don't be a hypocrite.

Get on like a house on fire

If people get on like a house on fire, they have a very close and good relationship.

Make bets in a burning house

(USA) If people are making bets in a burning house, they are engaged in futile activity while serious problems around them are getting worse.

Round the houses

If you go round the houses, you do something in an inefficient way when there is a quicker, more convenient way.

Safe as houses

Something that is as safe as houses is very secure or certain.

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.

give house room to

give space in your house to something: "I wouldn't give house room to that lamp. It's horrible!"

eat someone out of house and home

eat a lot of food: "When they stayed with me, they ate me out of house and home!"

get your own house in order

tidy up your own affairs before criticising other people's: "You should get your own house in order before telling me what to do!"

be on the house

be free (in a restaurant): "Can I get you a drink on the house?"

housework

chores you do in the house: "She does all the housework."

house wine

the restaurant's own unlabelled wine: "Would you like the house red or the house white?"

house music

a type of dance music: "They played house all night at the club."

house speciality

a speciality of the restaurant: "Garlic oysters are one of their house specialities."

full house

a full theatre: "It's full house tonight."

in the dog-house

when you know that someone is angry with you: "I'm in the dog-house - I forgot to do the shopping."

big house|big|house

n. A large jail or prison. The rapist will spend many years in the big house.

bring down the house|bring|house

v. phr., informal To start an audience laughing or clapping enthusiastically. The principal's story was funny in itself and also touched their loyalties, so it brought down the house. The President made a fine speech which brought down the house.

bughouse

n., slang An insane asylum. They took Joe to the bughouse.
bughouse² adj., slang Crazy, insane. Joe's gone bughouse.

cathouse

n., slang A house of ill repute, a house of prostitution. Massage parlors are frequently cathouses in disguise.

eat one out of house and home|eat|home|house|out o

v. phr. 1. To eat so much as to cause economic hardship. Our teenaged sons are so hungry all the time that they may soon eat us out of house and home. 2. To overstay one's welcome. We love Bob and Jane very much, but after two weeks we started to feel that they were eating us out of house and home.

basal of the abode

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