10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUTSTAY ONE'S WELCOME»
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Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English
1. overstay [əuvəstei] vt to overstay one's welcome → trattenersi troppo a lungo (
come 2. outstay [autstei] vt to outstay one's welcome → quedarse más de la
cuenta. 3. It is almost impossible to outlive one's welcome in the Catskill
Mountains, 4.
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Chambers concise dictionary
outstay one's welcome to stay too long, welcome someone or something with
open arms to receive them or it warmly, gladly, gratefully or thankfully, wear out
one's welcome to stay too long or call too often, you're welcome! used in
response to ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
2 gladly permitted or encouraged (to do or keep something). 3 much appreciated.
• welcoming adj. • welcomingfy adverb. • outstay one's welcome to stay too long. •
welcome someone or something with open arms to receive them or it warmly, ...
... And Narrow • 164 One's Own Man • 165 Open Secret, An- • 166 Out On A Limb
• 167 Outstay One's Welcome • 168 Paint The Town Red • 169 Patently Clear •
170 Pay A Call • 171 Pick Up A Bug • 172 Pick-Me-Up,A • 173 Place In The Sun,
...
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Webster's New World Thesaurus: Third Edition
... stay in bed; see SLEEP. overspecialize v. limit oneself, specialize too much, be
a specialist; see RESTRAIN, RESTRICT. overstay v. stay too long, tarry, stop,
outstay one's welcome; see also REMAIN 1. overstep v. violate, encroach,
trespass ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
sitting(-)breeches. on,. have. one's. ; in C.19, occ. wear one's sitting breeches. To
stay long in company: coll: ca 1870– 1910. From ca 1880, sit longer than a hen.
cf. the Yorkshire sit eggs, to outstay one's welcome.
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Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French
S'éterniser chez quelqu'un: To outstay one's welcome, to stay longer somewhere
than one should. éternitén.f. Ça fait une éternité qu'on nes'est pas vus! It seems
like ages since we met! éternuerv.intrans. Eternuer dans leson(also: dansla ...
E A Lovatt Esq, R. J. H 'erail, E. A. Lovatt, 2005
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A Comprehensive Russian Grammar
... area: 3acaacHBaTb/3acaflHTb caa /jepeBtaMH to plant a garden with trees (iii)
Absorption in an action (often detrimental (reflexives)): 3aCH5KHBaTbCH/
3aCHfleTbCH B TOCTHX to outstay one's welcome 3aMHTbIBaTbCH/
3aMHTaTbCH ...
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
PA ' ha*- a tall, thin person) (Ar.) AhV) : h A lakakk ala to remain persistently,
outstay one's welcome (Ar.); to be gulped down (AYMQ) (Ahh : £1A - ' "/a*- 1 £Ti
this man persists in staying [with me], he is [like] a soldier who is quartered on ...
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The Bishop and Other Stories (主教與其他短篇小說選):
Onecan't goon forever;one mustn't outstay one's welcome.” Father Christopher
suddenly thought of something, spluttered into his glass and choked with
laughter. Moisey Moisevitch laughed, too, from politeness, and he, too, cleared
his throat.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, 2011
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTSTAY ONE'S WELCOME»
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outstay one's welcome is used in the context of the following news items.
Bad Education series 3 will be the last - probably
Whitehall, who writes and stars in the school-set sitcom, reckons, "there's an element of not wanting to outstay one's welcome. A lot of the great ... «Radio Times, Sep 14»
Have Your In-Laws Mubaraked? ... and Other Egypt Humor
#Mubaraked : 1) To fail to get the hint, regardless of how obvious it may be; 2) to farcically outstay one's welcome. #Mubaraked : to Stick ... «CBS News, Feb 11»
Brain of Britain host Robert Robinson quits quiz show
"It feels a bit like running away from home [but] on the other hand, one mustn't outstay one's welcome," the 82-year-old said. Robinson took ... «BBC News, Aug 10»
