Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
eating you out of house and home
Spanish translation:
comiendose toda tu/su comida
English term
Speaking your own language
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
eating you out of house and home
armed men eating you out of house and home in Akkad, you have
to send them out to battle, if only to get more food for them all.”
Proposed translations
comiendose toda tu/su comida
United States
accurate, professional, timely .
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
comiendo todo lo que encuentran a su paso
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juani
9 mins
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Leticia Klemetz, CT
: sí, creo que esto lo refleja bastante bien, en vista del contexto
2 hrs
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Gabriela Rodriguez
7 hrs
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Deschant
10 hrs
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valpac
15 hrs
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comer por ocho
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-04-21 21:40:14 GMT)
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devorarle toda su fortuna www.wordreference.com
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-04-21 21:48:04 GMT)
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usually this phrase refers to \"pigging out\" or \"those who have overstayed their welcome\"...not only by eating all the food in the house, but also using other supplies/resources, i.e. well beyond \"normal\" consumption
13 years in technical and business
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
acabando con toda tu comida
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Elena Rodríguez
: sí, creo que el original deja claro que es TU comida, no la de todos u otros
9 hrs
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Gracias, elere.
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United States
Accurate, Fast, Reliable
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 15 more.
acabando con todo lo que tienes hasta dejarte en la calle
Sweden
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) , Swedish
Works in: Swedish to Spanish, English to Spanish
devorando todas las provisiones
Native in: Portuguese , Spanish
Works in: English to Portuguese, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
comiendote vivo
Accurate, natural and very hard-working
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
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