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Idiom

home sweet home

Meaning

Expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I am so happy to be back at home sweet home.”

“After a long and exhausting trip across the country, walking through the front door felt like home sweet home.”

“Returning from years of travel abroad, he finally stepped across the threshold of his childhood residence and whispered, home sweet home.”

Examples

simple

“I am so happy to be back at home sweet home.”

contextual

“After a long and exhausting trip across the country, walking through the front door felt like home sweet home.”

complex

“Returning from years of travel abroad, he finally stepped across the threshold of his childhood residence and whispered, home sweet home.”

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