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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.

haunted house

1. A abode that is said to be visited by and/or home to ghosts or spirits. We're activity to accept a séance at the apparitional abode down the street, to see if we can allocution to the spirits.2. A abode busy to be chilling that serves as an attraction, usually about Halloween. I anticipate the kids are too adolescent to go to a apparitional house, honey—I don't appetite them to accept nightmares. Every year at Halloween, my ancestors turns the barn into a apparitional abode by arena chilling music and blind cobwebs everywhere.Learn more: haunt, house

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