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
Harriet['hæriət]
Demetra-Italian, Romanian, Greek
Pugh[pju:]
Shelley['ʃeli]
BlazeBLAYZEnglish (Modern)
DonÁT-Hungarian