house of God

basket house

A cafe or similar establishment where musical performances are given and the performers are then paid with money placed in a basket by members of the audience.

bet the house

Synonym of bet the farm.

bottom the house

To clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.

bow down before the porcelain god

Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).

bring down the house

To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.

call someone everything but a child of God

To call someone many abusive names.

eat someone out of house and home

To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.

God forbid

indicating that the occurrence of something is very undesirable