sponge off

• Verbo usado para descrever o ato de viver às custas de outra pessoa ou se aproveitar da generosidade alheia sem dar nada em troca.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of living at someone else's expense or taking advantage of someone's generosity without giving anything in return.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Live at someone else's expenseinformal

   To habitually take advantage of someone's generosity, especially for financial support or accommodation, without giving anything in return.

   Viver às custas dos outros

   • He's been sponging off his parents for years without getting a job.
   • She accused her brother of sponging off her while he looked for work.
   • They got tired of their friend sponging off them and asked him to move out.

   Sinônimosbumcadgefreeloadleechmoochscrounge

Verbo basesponge