I help my family first because charity begins at home.
charity begins at home
idiomOne should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.
Before donating to international causes, he decided to support his struggling neighbors, believing that charity begins at home.
While the global crisis demanded attention, she felt a moral obligation to address the needs of her own community, holding firmly to the belief that charity begins at home.
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bring home
To earn (money).
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bring home the bacon
To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.
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broken home
A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.
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charity mugger
A person employed by a charity, or by an intermediary fundraising agency employed by the charity, who stands in the street and invites passersby to set up standing orders or direct debits to make regular donations to the charity.
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close to home
Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.
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come home by weeping cross
To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.
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come home to roost
To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).
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eat someone out of house and home
To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.