bring down the house
Example Sentences
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Not everyone can bring down the house with a song like “Endangered Species.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022
Among the stars to bring down the house for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards was Miranda Lambert.
From Fox News • Sep. 16, 2020
Without hesitation, he recalled “Misirlou” from his childhood — his father was Lebanese — and proceeded to bring down the house by performing the song in double time, entirely on the low E string.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2019
She’s perfect, not only for a cinematic treatment, but for a stage production primed to bring down the house.
From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2018
This was designed to bring down the house, and usually it did.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
