home away from home en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.
Here's how you can create your own home away from home if you travel often: keep some of your favorite things that say home in a bag—like a backpack or travel bag—so you can take it with you.
2008, Susie Castillo, Confidence is Queen: The Four Keys to Ultimate Beauty Through Positive Thinking, Penguin, →ISBN:I stayed in a lot of hotels in New York with the Dead and with Jerry's band, but the Navarro, more than any other, became our home away from home.
2004, Steve Parish, Joe Layden, Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| homes away from home | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| home from home | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
home is where the heart is · second home
Translations (8)
cmn 賓至如歸 /宾至如归 (place in which one is comfortable) · ru второ́й дом (place in which one is comfortable) · de zweites Zuhause (place in which one is comfortable) · sv andra hem (place in which one is comfortable) · hu második otthon (place in which one is comfortable) · fi kodikas paikka (place in which one is comfortable) · bg втори дом (place in which one is comfortable) · pl drugi dom (place in which one is comfortable)