![]() ![]() Home away from home: a place one is visiting that is as comfortable and welcoming as one’s own homeĢ8–33. Home and dry/hosed: to have completed an activity or project (British English and Australian English, respectively)Ģ7. Hit (one) where one lives: affect someone personallyĢ3–24: Hit/strike home: make sense, cause awareness or acceptance of an ideaĢ5–26. Hearth and home: one’s home and familyĢ2. Go home to mama: give up on marriage or a relationship, from the notion of returning home to live with one’s mother, with the implication of defeat and humiliationĢ1. Go home in a box: be sent home after death (box refers to a coffin)Ģ0. Go home and get (one’s) beauty sleep: said jocularly of or by one who must depart early, facetiously because of the necessity of getting enough rest to avoid being considered unattractive because of sleep deprivationġ9. Go big/hard, or go home: a slang expression meaning “Put effort into something, or give up trying”ġ8. Drive/hammer/ram home: emphasize, often by repeatingġ6-17. ![]() Down-home: simple, as in something typical of traditional rural lifeġ3–15. Come home to roost: return to cause trouble, in an analogy to chickens returning to their coop at the end of the dayġ2. Come home: said of something (often, an unpleasant realization) becoming clear to someoneġ1. Close to home: deeply affecting one’s feelingsġ0. Charity begins at home: a sentiment that one should take care of family and friends before offering aid to othersħ–8: Chickens will/have come home to roost: said as an admonition that actions have consequencesĩ. Bring home the bacon: earn a wage, or be successfulĦ. Bring home: make clearly appreciated or understood (usually said of something unpleasant)ĥ. At home: comfortable or proficient in an endeavor, matching or suitable for an environment, or competing in an athletic event at the team’s own facility rather than while visiting another teamĤ. A woman’s place is in the home: a largely outdated notion that a woman’s activities should be limited to child-rearing and housekeepingģ. A man’s home is his castle: a sentiment that a man should have freedom to do what he wants in his home (originally “An Englishman’s home is his castle”)Ģ. 70 “Home” Idioms and Expressions By Mark Nicholġ. ![]()
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