英语词汇on the house的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	on the house
词源	on the house. This phrase originated in English public houses, “tippling houses” as they were called in Elizabethan times. It used to be common for tavern keepers to dispense a free drink with every three or so bought, one that was on the house. Bartenders still give drinks on the house, where the law doesn’t prohibit this practice, but normally after a lot more than three are paid for. The expression is now common for any- thing given away free.
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