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bring down the house
alt. (context idiomatic English) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause. vb. (context idiomatic English) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause.
Usage examples of "bring down the house".
He'd rise from his seat in the tiny orchestra, the spotlight would pick him out from the others, and he would rip into a little sonata, sweet enough and just short enough to bring down the house.
Clay was now prepared to go the full distance and bring down the house.
This had been carefully rehearsed, and it was meant to bring down the house, for I was to be so pressing, and kiss the Bride so often, that the parson, after feigning horror, had to part us.
He couldn't soften Hood's heart with weeping, and he couldn't bring down the House with blows.