come home
come home
1. To return to one's home after time away from it. I'm always thrilled to come home after a long day at the office. If you don't come home by curfew, you'll lose your driving privileges for a month.
2. To become clear or apparent to one. This usage often refers to an unpleasant or troublesome realization. The fact that I had been fired didn't come home to me until I was walking out of the building with a box of my belongings.
See also: come, home
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
come home (to roost)
1. Lit. [for a fowl or other bird] to return to its home, as for a night's rest. The chickens come home to roost in the evening.
2. Fig. [for a problem] to return to cause trouble [for someone]. (See also come home to someone.) As I feared, all my problems came home to roost.
See also: come, home
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
come ˈhome (to somebody)
become fully clear or understood: The danger of the situation we were in suddenly came home to me.See also: come, home
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- come home from (some place or something)
- come home from some place
- get home to
- get home to (someone or something)
- be at home
- at home
- home sweet home
- take home
- home folks
- take the long way home