keep house

The old couple was cold-blooded and kept their house terribly hot.

那对老夫妇很,所以把房间烧得热得要命。

It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.

维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。

She keeps house industriously and frugally and niggles over every detail of each bill.

她勤俭持家对每张单的每一项目都仔细核查。