be out of house and home



be out of house and home

To be evicted; to no longer have someplace to live. If my wife loses her job like so many of her co-workers, we'll be out of house and home for sure. Several hundred students may suddenly be out of house and home after the university-owned apartment building failed to pass its annual health and safety inspection on Friday.
See also: and, home, house, of, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DylanDUL-an (Welsh), DIL-ən (English)Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Evelia-Spanish
Demi-Greek
TalÂT-Turkish
WiolaVYAW-lawPolish
LjubaLYOO-bah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, Macedonian