HOUSE IDIOMS

A HOUSE OF CARDS
an organisation or a plan that is very weak and can easily be destroyed

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Although the organisation looked solid it turned out to be a house of cards.

GET ON LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE
if two people get on like a house on fire, they like each other very much and become friends very quickly

My neighbor and I got on like a house on fire from the first time we met.

PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER
solve your own problems

Put your own house in order before you start giving me advice.

BE AS SAFE AS HOUSES
be very safe

Don't worry, I've parked your car in my garage - it's as safe as houses in there.

GO ROUND THE HOUSES
waste time saying a lot of things that are not important before you get to the subject you want to talk about

There's no need to go round the houses, just tell me what's wrong.

KEEP HOUSE
manage a household

My grandmother kept house for nearly sixty years.

BE ON THE HOUSE
(in a restaurant)
if something's on the house, it means it's free

All the drinks tonight are on the house!