1. if someone is at home in a situation, they feel confident and happy because it is familiar to them and they know how to deal with it.

By the end of the week she was beginning to feel more at home in her new job. (often + in)

He is equally at home in a symphony orchestra or playing jazz with friends.

2. if something or someone is at home somewhere, they are suitable for that place and look right in it.

This painting would be more at home in an art gallery than hanging on someone's living room wall.

• have work cut out for
• have work cut out for you
• have your back against the wall
• have your back to the wall
• have your beady eye on
• have your beady eye on someone
• have your beady eye on something
• have your cake and eat it
• have your cake and eat it too
• have your day in court
• have your ducks in a row
• have your ear to the ground
• have your end away
• have your eye on
• have your eye on someone
• have your eye on something
• have your feet on the ground
• have your finger on the button
• have your finger on the pulse
• have your fingers in the till
• have your guts for garters
• have your hand in the till
• have your hands full
• have your head in the clouds
• have your head screwed on