No: he feared to "wear out his welcome," he said: they had "seen enough of him for one while".
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wear out one's welcome — {v. phr.}, {informal} To visit somewhere too long or come back too often so that you are not welcome any more. * /The Smith children have worn out their welcome at our house because they never want to go home./ * /This hot weather has worn out… … Dictionary of American idioms
wear out one's welcome — {v. phr.}, {informal} To visit somewhere too long or come back too often so that you are not welcome any more. * /The Smith children have worn out their welcome at our house because they never want to go home./ * /This hot weather has worn out… … Dictionary of American idioms
wear out one's welcome — To stay too long or visit too often • • • Main Entry: ↑welcome * * * wear out (or overstay or outstay) one s welcome stay as a visitor longer than one is wanted … Useful english dictionary
wear out one's welcome — idi wear out one s welcome, to make one s presence undesirable, as by visiting too often or by misbehaving … From formal English to slang
wear out one's welcome — If someone wears out their welcome, they stay too long as a guest, causing inconvenience to their host. Alan and Sue invited us to stay on for a few days but we didn t want to wear out our welcome … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
wear\ out\ one's\ welcome — v. phr. informal To visit somewhere too long or come back too often so that you are not welcome any more. The Smith children have worn out their welcome at our house because they never want to go home. This hot weather has worn out its welcome… … Словарь американских идиом
wear out one's welcome — visit somewhere too long or come back too often so that one is not welcome anymore My friend has worn out his welcome at our house as he always comes to visit us without calling first … Idioms and examples
wear out one's welcome — visit too often … English contemporary dictionary
welcome — [wel′kəm] adj. [ME welcume, altered by assoc. with wel, WELL2 (as if transl. of OFr bien venu) < wilcume < OE wilcuma, orig. n., a welcome guest < willa, pleasure, WILL1 + cuma, guest < cuman, to COME] 1. gladly and cordially received … English World dictionary
welcome — welcomeness, n. welcomer, n. /wel keuhm/, interj., n., v., welcomed, welcoming, adj. interj. 1. (a word of kindly greeting, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure): Welcome, stranger! n. 2. a kindly greeting or re … Universalium
