keep house

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

那对老夫妇很怕冷,所以把间烧得热得要命。

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

她勤俭持家对每张账单的每项细核查。

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

维这么幢定很昂贵。