bring down the house
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bring down the house (third-person singular simple present brings down the house, present participle bringing down the house, simple past and past participle brought down the house)
- (idiomatic) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.
- 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
- "Well, your recitations just brought down the house, Anne. That sad one was simply splendid."