Idiom
charity begins at home
Meaning
One should help the people closest to oneself before thinking of helping others.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I help my family first because charity begins at home.”
“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.”
Examples
simple
“I help my family first because charity begins at home.”
contextual
“Before donating to international causes, he decided to support his struggling neighbors, believing that charity begins at home.”
complex
“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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