Please stop sponging food and money off your relatives!
•Stop sponging off food and money all the time!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
sponge — /spʌndʒ / (say spunj) noun 1. any of a group of aquatic (mostly marine) animals (phylum Porifera) which are characterised by a porous structure and (usually) a horny, siliceous, or calcareous skeleton or framework, and which, except in the larval …
sponge — [[t]spʌ̱nʤ[/t]] sponges, sponging, sponged 1) N COUNT Sponge is a very light soft substance with lots of little holes in it, which can be either artificial or natural. It is used to clean things or as a soft layer. ...a sponge mattress. 2) N… … English dictionary
sponge off — verb clean with a sponge, by rubbing (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑sponge down • Hypernyms: ↑rub • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈsponge off [transitive] … Useful english dictionary
sponge — sponge1 [ spʌndʒ ] noun count 1. ) a piece of a soft artificial or natural substance that is used for sucking up liquid, for cleaning things, or for washing yourself a ) a sea animal whose light soft body is used for washing or cleaning things 2 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Sponge bob — Bob l éponge Bob l éponge Acteur avec un déguisement de Bob l éponge, au Salon du Livre de Paris, mars 2009 Titre original SpongeBob SquarePants Genre Série d animation Créateur(s) Stephen Hill … Wikipédia en Français
sponge — I UK [spʌndʒ] / US noun Word forms sponge : singular sponge plural sponges 1) a) [countable] a piece of a soft artificial or natural substance that is used for taking liquid into itself, for cleaning things, or for washing yourself b) a sea… … English dictionary
sponge off someone — If you sponge off someone, you live at the expense of another person, accepting their hospitality without sharing the costs or doing something in return. Amy has been sponging off her grandparents for the past two months. She neither… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
sponge — [spʌndʒ] noun I 1) [C] a piece of a soft substance that takes in water easily and that is used for cleaning things or for washing yourself 2) [C/U] British a sponge cake II verb [T] sponge [spʌndʒ] to wash someone or something with a sponge •… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
wipe off — verb 1. remove by wiping (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑wipe away • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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