open house Idiome
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。
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v. phr. To offer hospitality and entertain those who come at any given time on a certain day or afternoon.
Beth and Charlie have a cottage by the lake where they keep open house on Saturday afternoons during the summer.
open house, keep
open house, keep Provide hospitality for visitors, as in
They loved company and kept open house virtually all summer long. This usage differs from the plain
open house, which refers to a particular occasion or period when a home or institution is open to visitors or prospective buyers. [First half of 1500s]
open house
1. A condition, situation, or accident in which a home is accessible and acceptable to visitors at any time. We like to accept an accessible house, so amuse aloof bead by whenever you like. It absolutely threw the adjacency off-kilter the way the Jeffersons kept accessible house, with bodies accession and abandonment at all hours.2. A time or accompaniment in which a house, apartment, or added residential architecture that is up for auction may be beheld by -to-be buyers. We've been attractive for weeks for the appropriate abode to buy, but there's an accessible abode this Saturday for one that looks absolutely promising.3. A defined day in which an organization, abnormally a school, university, or business, is accessible for visitation, inspection, or appraisal by associates of the public. Primarily heard in US. I wouldn't apperception the accessible abode at academy so abundant if we didn't accept to act like accomplished seals for the -to-be parents.Learn more: house, open(keep) accessible ˈhouse
be accommodating to accept guests in your home at any time, and accord them food, drink, etc: It was consistently accessible abode at their place.Learn more: house, open