eat someone out of house and home, to

To  consume  a  great  deal. This  expression  is  at  least  two  thousand  years  old.  It  appeared  in  the AlexandriaphilosophePhiloDe  Agricultur(c.  A.D40awelain numerou Englis writings befor Shakespear use i fo Mistress Quicklys  description  of  the  gluttonous  Falstaff: “He  hath  eaten  me  out  of house and home (Henry IV, Part 2, 2.1).

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