at home
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1.0
- idiom
:
como en casa
- Or we play the musical instruments that we have at home and sing together.
- at home and abroad
- feel at home
- stay at home
Right now my place is just at home with my boyfriend.
- Right now my place is just at home with my boyfriend.
- All I'm being asked to do is sit at home with myself.
- Bitch, don't tell me make myself at home because I will.
- So we're now safer at home again for us.
- But you can just do that at home with syringes.
- I think I remember being at home and then that's cool.
- What meal could you make at home tonight without any shopping?
- He wants to be here in Massachusetts, be at home and just be quiet.
- Like to me, bro, are you living at home or living with somewhere?
- The deep sense of brutedness in being, of being at home within yourself.
- Like even when I'm stuck at home I'm still wearing sunscreen.
- Obviously I know all the boys at home would be signing up.
- You know, to play bass players at home was not, not good.
Examples
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Make yourself at home, kid.
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I was beginning to think there was no one at home.
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Easy to use, great for at home or on the go.
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You three should feel right at home.
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Is your mother at home?
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Well, what about during the day at home?
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In school, he read only when asked; at home, he did not read at all.
Academic text (2012) -
Right now my place is just at home with my boyfriend.
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Think of your total behavior at school, at home, and with your friends.
Academic text (2008) -
After a long day, I love to relax at home with a good book.
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
at + home
The literal parts 'at' + 'home' clearly evoke location in or belonging to one's house, and the MWE's event sense plausibly arises by metonymy (a gathering held at someone's home). However, the shift from location to a noun meaning 'a formal reception' is historical and not fully predictable for an average B1 learner who knows the constituents, so prior exposure is likely needed to recover the specific social-gathering sense.
Etymology
The idiom at home comes from the picture of a guest who is treated like they belong in someone else's home, so they feel relaxed and safe. That's why at home means 'feeling comfortable and relaxed'.