to bring down the house
1To bring down the house — Bring Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to …
2To bring down the house — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …
3bring down the house — {v. phr.}, {informal} To start an audience laughing or clapping enthusiastically. * /The principal s story was funny in itself and also touched their loyalties, so it brought down the house./ * /The President made a fine speech which brought down …
4bring down the house — {v. phr.}, {informal} To start an audience laughing or clapping enthusiastically. * /The principal s story was funny in itself and also touched their loyalties, so it brought down the house./ * /The President made a fine speech which brought down …
5bring\ down\ the\ house — v. phr. informal To start an audience laughing or clapping enthusiastically. The principal s story was funny in itself and also touched their loyalties, so it brought down the house. The President made a fine speech which brought down the house …
6bring down the house — or bring the house down phrasal to win the enthusiastic approval of the audience …
7bring down the house — verb To garner enthusiastic or wild applause …
8bring down the house — cause energetic applause, cause a standing ovation, excite a lot of cheering …
9bring down the house — idi to inspire a live audience to break into prolonged, unrestrained laughter or applause over one s performance …
10bring down the house — Obtain loud and general applause in performance …
