Here are more expressions with home and life. Use the context to work out what the underlined expressions mean.

1. The poet said that he had had a period of depression but that he had never considered taking his own life.

2. The comedy duo's superb performance brought the house down.

3. Our customers come from many different walks of life – we have doctors, shop assistants, computer programmers, you name it!

4. The system turned out to be a house of cards – it didn't take much to bring it down.

5. Whenever my nephews arrive for a visit, they eat us out of house and home.

6. I love having George around – you can rely on him to be the life and soul of the party.