keep house
To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“She likes to keep house and cook for her family.”
“After retiring, he found that he actually enjoyed the daily routine of keeping house.”
“Despite her demanding career, she insisted on keeping house herself, finding a strange sense of order in the domestic tasks.”
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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.
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bet the house
Synonym of bet the farm.
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bottom the house
To clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.
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bring down the house
To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.
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cobbler, keep to your last
One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.
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earn one's keep
To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.
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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.
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gift that keeps on giving
Something with continuous (typically positive) consequences.
Last updated August 10, 2026