home is where the heart is
home is where the heart is
proverb One's home is made up of the places and people one loves or cherishes most. I don't really care where we move, so long as we're together. Home is where the heart is, after all. I grew up in Arkansas, but if home is where the heart is, then my home is in Paris, with all of you.
See also: heart, home
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Home is where the heart is.
Prov. People long to be at home.; Your home is whatever place you long to be. I've had a lovely time visiting you, but home is where the heart is, and I think it's time I went back. If home is where the heart is, then my home is my parents' old house. I've never loved my own apartment the way I love their place.
See also: heart, home
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
ˌhome is where the ˈheart is
(saying) a home is where the people you love are: When I ask him if he’s happy travelling around the world all the time, he just says, ‘Home is where the heart is. If my wife and children are with me, then I’m happy.’See also: heart, home
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
home is where the heart is
One’s true home is where one’s affections are centered. This particular expression was listed in Elbert Hubbard’s A Thousand and One Epigrams (1914) but had been known for centuries before that. According to Burton Stevenson, several authorities attribute it to the Roman writer Pliny. See also home, sweet home.
See also: heart, home
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