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freeload (After college, he freeloaded off his parents for several years before finally moving out. 4uzhoj); neck up | |||
get a free ride; be a freeloader | |||
live off (Grown children continue to live off their parents. Из статьи Мишель Берди Sit, Stand and Be Merry, TMT, • Jul. 23 2015 VLZ_58) | |||
be a drain on someone's pocket (Andrey Truhachev); sponge on (someone Andrey Truhachev); mooch off of (Enrica) | |||
leech off (у кого-либо – off someone ithaka); scrounge off (у кого-либо – off someone Anglophile); sponge off (у кого-либо, пользуясь их добротой) Hey, come you you live in my house, you sponging off me and keep telling me what I'm supposed to do? x-z) | |||
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feed on | |||
be an albatross around one's neck (gauma) |
сидеть на шее : 23 phrases in 7 subjects |
Australian | 1 |
Business | 1 |
Figure of speech | 2 |
General | 4 |
Idiomatic | 4 |
Informal | 1 |
Makarov | 10 |