home away from home

home away from home

A place in which one has spent a lot of time and often where one feels as comfortable and familiar as one's own home. Growing up, I spent so much time at my best friend's house, it felt like my home away from home. Brett visits Paris so often, it has become his home away from home.
See also: away, home
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

one's home away from home

a place, other than one's home, where one can feel at home. Please make our house your home away from home when you are in town.
See also: away, home
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

a home from home

BRITISH or

a home away from home

AMERICAN
A home from home is a place where you are as comfortable as in your own home. Many cottages are a home from home, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
See also: home
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a home from home

a place where you are as happy, relaxed, or at ease as in your own home.
The North American version of this expression is a home away from home .
See also: home
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

a ˌhome from ˈhome

(British English) (American English a ˌhome away from ˈhome) a place where you feel as comfortable, happy, etc. as in your own home: They used to stay in their aunt’s apartment in Brighton every summer. It was a real home from home.
See also: home
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

home away from home, a

A comfortable place or dwelling where one feels quite at home. At first put as a home from home, this expression dates from the second half of the 1800s. In the 1920s it took its present form. The OED cites a lyric from Henry Kirk’s The Transport Workers Songbook of ca. 1926: “It’s like a home away from home.” Since then the expression has become standard usage in advertisements for hotels and other lodgings, vacation spots, and the like.
See also: away, home
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • a home from home
  • home away from home, a
  • one's home away from home
  • flail around
  • dilly-dally (around) with (someone or something)
  • dilly-dally with
  • leave of absence
  • change into
  • change into (something)
  • a night out
References in periodicals archive
Maureen Hinchberger of Home Away From Home Family Daycare said, "We're excited to announce the launch of our new website and hope that it will serve as a helpful resource for parents.
Home Away from Home Family Daycare Launches New Website for the San Jose Area
Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge, a home away from home for cancer patients and their families who must travel to receive lifesaving treatment.
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Home away from home; the Caribbean diasporan church in the Black Atlantic tradition.
Home away from home; the Caribbean diasporan church in the Black Atlantic tradition
Nothing can give you that home away from home feel like a bed & breakfast.
The Irish Bed & Breakfast Book
"It's a retreat that provides a home away from home, a place to entertain and reflect in the heart of the garden."
Garden getaways
It has been a home away from home for thousands of Irish down through the years.
LONDON CALLING
In recent years, hoteliers have harped on about their desire to offer guests a "home away from home".
Comment: A home away from home
Ronald McDonald House, which opened three years ago, has 60 bedrooms and is designed to be a 'home away from home' for the families.
Real estate firm assists local charity
GEICO and the USO OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON have teamed up to provide military troops with a new "home away from home." Service members and their families now have wireless Internet access, a comfortable seating area with a large-screen TV, assistance with travel-related questions, and a snack bar in the USO airport lounge at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Geico and the USO of Metropolitan Washington have teamed up to provide military troops with a new "home away from home."
To be honest, we have no words to express our deep gratitude but can tell you one thing for sure, excepting the few ugly incidents and travel bans faced by some of the expatriates with rogue sponsors and banks, Bahrain and its wise rulers have taken good care and gone that extra mile to make us all feel at home away from home.
Expats are so grateful for sincere words of support
A spokesman said: "The charity provides free home away from home accommodation for the families of children being treated at Arrowe Park."
Star support for Ronald McDonald house
Nouman Qureshi proudly said that QAH had served as home away from home for many toppers.
GCU launches new literary magazine
She wrote, "Hopped on a boat to an island to say goodbye to the land that has been my home away from home for almost a decade," Clarke wrote with the post below.
Emilia Clarke bids farewell to 'Game of Thrones'
The club became a home away from home for members of the band, and for the punkers in the East and South Bay region.
... And Out Came the Wolves
Sharon White, owner of the Home Away From Home agency, said: "My terms and conditions are that she will get a replacement.
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