1. to get an audience to clap enthusiastically or laugh loudly; to be a great success

1. When our principal came out on stage dressed like a chicken, she brought down the house.

2. The clown sang a duet with the talking horse, which brought the house down every night.

3. The comedian at the dinner show is wonderful. He brings down the house every night.

4. The music critic didn’t like the new symphony being presented at the concert hall. In his newspaper review, he said it would never bring down the house.