Her Welcome

[namlan]

- If she refuses to mend her ways, just ask her to move out. You can't let her wear out her welcome.
- What does " you can't let her wear out her welcome " mean?

Thanks a lot!

NamLan

 

[Trisia]

Hi, Namlan

Try using a Dictionary

wear out one's welcome, to make one's visits so frequent or of such long duration that they become offensive: Your cousins have long since worn out their welcome.


EDIT: I just can't win, can I

 

[bibliolept]

When you've "worn out your welcome," you are like a guest that has behaved inappropriately or stayed too long; though you were welcomed initially, this situation has now changed.

 

[Dimcl]

It's a standard phrase that means that you have a guest and, at first, all goes well. You're happy to have her until she turns into a slob, doesn't pay for any groceries and brings strange men home at night! You originally welcomed her but now her visit has become tiresome and she is "wearing out" her welcome (you are "wearing out", essentially, and must ask her to leave).