Legacy of Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's prime minister | Learn English expression 'overstay your welcome'
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Overstay Your Welcome
To overstay your welcome means to stay in a place longer than other people want you there. You have to be careful because it's not a great thing to say directly to another person, but I am going to show you exactly how to use it today. If you invite some friends over to dinner and you start at, say, 8 o'clock PM, what time do you think your friends should go home? Well, everyone has a different idea. As a guest, you have to start to read the signals. By 11 o'clock, unless you're specifically invited to stay longer, by 11 o' clock, you should be getting ready to leave.
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