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it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home

it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home is the alternative form of it takes a heap of living to make a house a home.

Meaning of it takes a heap of living to make a house a home

Proverb

it takes a heap of living to make a house a home

  1. (US) A house is simply a physical structure and does not count as a home until significant events in the inhabitants' lives have occurred there over a substantial period of time, and they have developed an emotional bond to the house and its immediate environs.
    • We often hear the famous lines quoted that it takes a heap of living to make a house a home, but we have to recognize that the family cannot do it without a house in which to start.1973, Government of Canada, House of Commons Debates, Official Report, Volume 3, p. 2476 (Google search result)

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It takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home is the alternative form of it takes a heap of living to make a house a home.

Words near it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home in the dictionary

  1. it me
  2. it never rains but it pours
  3. it never rains but that it pours
  4. it pays to advertise
  5. it self
  6. it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home
  7. it takes a heap of living to make a house a home
  8. it takes a lot of living to make a house a home
  9. it takes a village
  10. it takes a village to raise a child
  11. it takes all kinds

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