单词 | outstay/overstay your welcome |
释义 | outstay/overstay your welcome From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutstay/overstay your welcomeoutstay/overstay your welcomeSTAY/NOT LEAVEto stay at someone’s house longer than they want you to → welcomeExamples from the Corpusoutstay/overstay your welcome• Some parts of her book overstay their welcome.• I never overstayed my welcome and always dreamed up some excuse if any of them suggested meeting me outside working hours.• I had been there almost two hours, and had perhaps overstayed my welcome.• We complain if a band stays away too long; we complain if they outstay their welcome.• Either way, the free sections often seem to outstay their welcome.• It would be senseless to overstay their welcome. |
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