Nghĩa là gì: at-home

at-home /ət'houn/

danh từ
- buổi tiếp khách ở nhà riêng (vào ngày, giờ nhất định)

lights are on, but no one's home Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

at home

in one

bring home the bacon

bring home a paycheque, support a family Stan is disabled, so Louise brings home the bacon.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

charity begins at home

"first help the needy in your own community; then help others" If you want to help the poor, remember that charity begins at home.

chickens come home to roost

we cannot escape the consequences of our actions We soon discover that lies return to their owner, just as chickens come home to roost.

come home to roost

(See chickens come home to roost)

down home

simple but good, old fashioned Hey, Ma. I can't wait to taste your down-home cookin'.

drive it home

make a message clear, say it so they understand When you talk about safe sex, drive it home. Stress safety.

eat you out of house and home

eat all your food, pig out Our son's team came to dinner and ate us out of house and home!

get home

arrive at home, come home I'm going to bed when I get home. I'm sleepy.

hit home

become very meaningful, affect you personally, touch you When they see hungry Canadian children on TV, the message about poverty will hit home.

home free

finished a job, free to go home or away Two more newspapers to deliver and we're home free - finished.

home run (baseball)

the batter scores a run on one hit (See grand slam) I remember the game when Rusty hit three home runs.

keep the home fires burning

keep things going as usual while someone is away Don

make oneself at home

act as if you were at home She is able to make herself at home when she goes to visit her friends.

make yourself at home

relax, feel as though you are in your own home "Lee's mom welcomed us, saying, ""Please, make yourself at home."""

make yourself to home

(See make yourself at home)

nobody's home

one

nothing to write home about

not special or spectacular, no great shakes He's a nice guy, but nothing to write home about.

talk until the cows come home

talk for a long time We can talk until the cows come home this weekend at the lake.

the lights are on but nobody's home

the eyes are open but lifeless, not all there """Hello! Hello, Pat! His lights are on but nobody's home. Ha ha."""

till the cows come home

for a long time, for days or weeks A letter from Dave? You'll be waiting till the cows come home!

homeboy

close friend

homegirl

female equivalent of homeboy

homeskillet

a close relative or friend:"My homeskillet gets me the goods whenever I want" -- ?? (?? [??])

homey

see homeboy

bring home to

make realize；persuade sb．to believe使明白；使相信
You must bring home to John where the difficulties lie．你必须使约翰认识到困难所在。
Its importance has been brought home to me very strongly．我已非常深刻地认识到它的重要性。
We should bring home to the public mind the practical importance of practising economy．我们应使公众清楚地认识到勤俭节约的重要性。
How can we bring home to him the seriousness of his conduct？我们怎样才能使他清楚地认识到他的行为所导致的严重后果呢？

come home to

reach；make a person comprehend 了解；明白
The truth will come home to him at last．他最终会了解事情真相的。
It eventually came home to the people that the war would be long and bloody．人们最终认识到，这场战争将是长期而残酷的。

drive home to

force sb． to believe or see使…相信或了解
You must drive home to Jack where the present difficulties lie．你必须使杰克清楚地认识到当前的困难。
He can't drive home to us his point．他不能向我们透彻地阐述自己的观点。
Advertisers keep repeating the name of the product in order to drive the message home．做广告的人不断地重复产品的名字以便让人们听清楚他们的广告内容。

feel at home

feel comfortable感到很舒畅
We had a good time by the sea during the holidays．Everybody felt quite at home there．我们假期里在海滨玩得很痛快，每个人都感到舒畅。
Do you feel at home if you are on board a ship？如果在船上，你感到舒服吗？

go home

1．return to one's home or country 回家（国）
I must be going home；it's getting very late．太晚了，我要回家了。
2．die or be destroyed（人）死；（物）用坏
I'm afraid old Charlie's gone home．He'd been ill for years．恐怕查理老人已经过世了，因为他已病了多年。
3．have an effect on对…产生影响
The chairman's pointed remark went home，and the committee kept silent．主席直截了当的话语击中要害，全体委员寂静无声。

write home about

comment on at length，esp．in a favorable manner；excellent 值得大书特书；很精彩；好极了
The exhibition was nothing to write home about．展览会并没什么吸引人的精彩东西。
The entertainment at the New Year's party was something to write home about．新年晚会的娱乐节目真是好极了。

until the cows come home

Idiom(s): (un)til the cows come home

Theme: LATENESS

until the last; until very late. (Folksy or informal. Referring to the end of the day, when the cows come home to be fed and milked.)
• We were having so much fun that we decided to stay at school until the cows came home.
• Where’ve you been? Who said you could stay out till the cows come home?

see sb home

Idiom(s): see sb home

Theme: ACCOMPANIMENT

to accompany someone home.
• Bill agreed to see his aunt home after the movie.
• You don't need to see me home. It's perfectly safe, and I can get there on my own.

home in

Idiom(s): home in (on sb or sth)

Theme: EXACTNESS

to aim exactly at something and move toward it.
• The sheriff walked into the room and homed in on the horse thief.
• The plane homed in on the beacon at the airport.
• First, you must set your goal and then home in.

hammer sth home

Idiom(s): hammer sth home

Theme: EXPLANATION

to try extremely hard to make someone understand or realize something.
• The teacher hammered the dates home.
• I tried to hammer home to Anne the fact that she would have to get a job.
• The boss hopes to hammer home the company's precarious financial position to the staff

eat sb out of house and home

Idiom(s): eat sb out of house and home

Theme: EATING - MUCH

to eat a lot of food (in someone's home); to eat all the food in the house. (Fixed order.)
• Billy has a huge appetite. He almost eats us out of house and home.
• When the kids come home from college, they always eat us out of house and home.

drive sth home

Idiom(s): drive sth home

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

to make something clearly understood.
• Why do I always have to shout at you to drive something home?
• Sometimes you have to be forceful to drive home a point.

close to home

Idiom(s): close to home AND where one lives

Theme: PERSONAL

affecting one personally and intimately. (Informal.)
• Her remarks were a bit too close to home. I was afraid she was discussing me!
• She’s got me figured out all right. She knows where I live.
• Every criticism she made of the performance hit a little too close to home for my comfort. I didn't know I was so bad!
• When you go through an experience like that and see the horror of a hurricane face to face, that sort of gets you where you live!

bring sth home to

Idiom(s): bring sth home to sb

Theme: TRUTH

to cause someone to realize the truth of something.
• Seeing the starving refugees on television really brings home the tragedy of their situation.
• It wasn't until she failed her test that the importance of studying was brought home to her.

at home with

Idiom(s): at home with sb or sth

Theme: COMFORT

comfortable with someone or something; comfortable doing something.
• Tom is very much at home with my parents.
• Sally seems to be very much at home with her car.
• Mary seems to be at home with her job.

hit one close to home

Idiom(s): hit one where one lives AND hit one close to home

Theme: EMOTION

to affect one personally and intimately. (Informal.)
• Her comments really hit me where I live. Her words seemed to apply directly to me.
• I listened carefully and didn't think she hit close to home at all.

An Englishman's home is his castle.

An Englishman's home is a place where he feels safe, enjoys privacy and can do as he wishes.

Charity begins at home.

A person's first duty is to help and care for his own family.

Home is where the heart is.

You call home the place where the people you love are.

Drive home

The idiomatic expression 'drive home' means 'reinforce' as in 'The company offered unlimited technical support as a way to drive home the message that customer satisfaction was its highest priority.'

Home and hearth

'Home and hearth' is an idiom evoking warmth and security.

Home is where you lay your hat

Wherever you are comfortable and at ease with yourself is your home, regardless where you were born or brought up.('Home is where you lay your head' and 'Home is where you hang your hat' are also used.)

Home stretch

The home stretch is the last part of something, like a journey, race or project.

Home sweet home

This is said when one is pleased to be back at one's own home.

the lights are on, but no one's home

A amusing announcement acclimated to say that addition is stupid, unthinking, or inattentive. Hello, Pete? Earth to Pete. He charge be absorbed again—the lights are on, but no one's home. I kept allurement the doubtable questions about what happened, and they aloof kept staring at me blankly. The lights are on, but no one's home, you apperceive what I mean?Learn more: but, home, lights, no

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