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English idioms about home
20 idioms native speakers use when they talk about home. Meanings, examples and a 10-question quiz right on the page.
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All 20 idioms in this topic
Each has a meaning, five examples and a grammar note.
1make yourself at hometo relax and feel comfortable in someone else's house2on the housegiven free by a café, bar or restaurant3put down rootsto settle in a new place and feel you belong there4fly the nestto leave your parents' house and live on your own5outstay your welcometo stay somewhere as a guest for too long6home sweet homesaid when you are happy to be back in your own house7under one roofin the same building8eat someone out of house and hometo consume most of the food someone has at home9hit the sackto go to bed10rule the roostto be the person who makes the decisions in a group11a household namesomeone or something that almost everyone has heard of12bring the house downto make an audience laugh or clap very loudly13go through the roofto rise to a very high level very quickly14on your doorstepvery close to where you live15until the cows come homefor a very long time16hit hometo make you fully realise how serious something is17everything but the kitchen sinkalmost everything you can think of18a house of cardsa plan or organisation that could easily collapse19paper over the cracksto hide problems instead of solving them20a glass ceilingan unofficial barrier that stops people reaching top jobs
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