home sweet home
UK/həʊm swiːt həʊm//hoʊm swiːt hoʊm/
home sweet home interjection: expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.
Interjection
- Expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.
- After my work in the City, I like to be at home. What 's the good of a home, if you are never in it? "Home, Sweet Home," that's my motto.1892, George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith, chapter 1, in The Diary of a Nobody
Noun
home sweet home (plural home sweet homes)
- One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.
home sweet home meaning in Arabic, Malay and Indonesian
home sweet home in Arabic
- Nice, comfortable home
- الْبَيْت السَّعِيد al-bayt as-saʕīd
home sweet home in Malay
- Nice, comfortable home
- rumahku syurgaku
home sweet home in Indonesian
- Nice, comfortable home
- rumahku surgaku
Forms of home sweet home
| plural | home sweet homes |
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Questions about home sweet home
- What does home sweet home mean?
- Home sweet home means expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.
- What is home sweet home in Arabic?
- Home sweet home in Arabic is الْبَيْت السَّعِيد (al-bayt as-saʕīd). See Home sweet home meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is home sweet home?
- Home sweet home can be an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce home sweet home?
- Home sweet home is pronounced /həʊm swiːt həʊm/ (UK).
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