keep house
To do the necessary things in a household; do the cooking and cleaning.
Since their mother died, Mary and her brother keep house for their father.
keep house
play house
To live together without being married.
Bob and Nancy keep house these days.
keep open house
To offer hospitality and entertain those who come at any given time on a certain day or afternoon.
Beth and Charlie have a cottage by the lake where they keep open house on Saturday afternoons during the summer.
lady of the house
Female owner, or wife of the owner, of the house; the hostess.
"Dinner is served," the lady of the house announced to her guests.
light housekeeping
An arrangement in which an unmarried couple live together.
Are Joe and Sue married? - Oh, no, - it's just a case of light housekeeping.
on the house
Paid for by the owner.
Быть оплаченным владельцем; "за счет заведения".
At the opening of the new hotel, the champagne was on the house.
Oscar was the first customer at the diner, so his lunch was on the house.
You are our favorite client, the dinner is on the house.
Вы наш любимый клиент, обед за счет заведения.
people who live in glass houses should not throw stones
Do not complain about other people if you are as bad as they are. A proverb.
Mary says that Betty is jealous, but Mary is more jealous herself. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
plague on both your houses
plague o' both your houses
Bad luck to both of you! Used to show disgust at those who wont stop quarreling.
The bus drivers went on strike because the bus company would not raise their pay. After several weeks, the people who needed to ride the bus to work said, "A plague on both your houses."