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THEME THURSDAY: PAYING THE BILL ('ON THE HOUSE')

25 / 02 / 2016

THEME THURSDAY: PAYING THE BILL ('ON THE HOUSE'): meaning and examples

Hello everyone and welcome to our last Theme Thursday of February!

For the final lesson in our "paying-the-bill" theme, we are looking at the expression ON THE HOUSE

Definition
: a phrase to describe something that is free because the restaurant or bar pays. 

Example 1: Your dessert is on the house because it's your birthday. 

Example 2: The first round of drinks is on the house

Example 3: If you eat at our restaurant nine times, your 10th meal is on the house

I hope you enjoyed our lessons on how to talk about paying for the bill at a restaurant. To review all of this month's Theme Thursday lessons, click on the following link.  

https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?rs=paying%20the%20bill

Thanks for reading! We will see you tomorrow for Phrasal Verb Friday!