a house is not a home

a house is not a home

A house is just a physical structure, while a home is lived-in (often by a family) and full of memories. A: "I know it hurts to move to a new town, but we'll have a new house there, and—" B: "Oh, a house is not a home! It won't be the same!"
See also: home, house, not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • move house
  • tiny house
  • keep open house
  • open house, keep
  • house and home
  • eat someone out of house and home, to
  • ask up
  • out of square
  • haunted house
  • spend the night with somebody/together