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on the house

Idioms  

1. At the expense of the establishment, as in This hotel serves an afternoon tea that's on the house. This idiom uses house in the sense of “an inn, tavern, or other building serving the public.” [Late 1800s]

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on the house

What if you had more than three options, given that you weren’t happy with the inspection on the house you found?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Among Gen Z, 13% used a family gift to cover the down payment on the house, and 8% borrowed the amount, per the data.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

“The difficulty we have in Canada,” former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, told Canada’s CTV television network in 2015, is that “when you spend on the house, the press writes that the prime minister spent money.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Then we went on to have what they’re calling the second golden age of television, and reality TV just became this weird, tacky wing on the house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

There was an outside chance the tree in the backyard would fall on the house.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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