go abroad and you'll hear news of home

go abroad and you'll hear news of home

proverb Once one is no longer at home, one becomes more interested or invested in news of home and family as it circulates second-hand. A: "Are you sure that Sir Gregory is selling the estate?" B: "Indeed. Go abroad and you'll hear news of home, my good man."
See also: abroad, and, go, hear, home, news, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • abroad
  • when (one's) ship comes home
  • home is where you hang your hat
  • wait up for (one)
  • see (one) home
  • see home
  • home, James!
  • home, James(, and don't spare the horses)
  • James
  • hang up your fiddle when you come home