wear out one's welcome

Visit for longer than one's host wants, as in She wanted to stay another few days but feared she would wear out her welcome. This expression uses wear out in the sense of "exhaust" or "use up." [Mid-1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sami (1)	SAH-mee	Finnish
LÜTfİYe	-	Turkish
Patricia	pə-TRISH-ə (English), pah-TREE-thyah (Spanish), pah-TREE-syah (Latin American Spanish), pah-TREE-tsee-ah (German)	English, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Albertus	ahl-BER-tus (Dutch)	Ancient Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
CecÍLie	-	Czech
Aleksandra	ah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian