drive home
Meaning: strongly emphasize or reinforce a point.
Example: The instructor repeated the key point slowly to drive home the importance of following safety procedures. Read more ➺
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next door
Meaning: the nearest house.
Example: Our house is next door to hers; that's why we know each other. Read more ➺
lights are on but nobody is home
Meaning: used to describe a stupid person.
Example: No matter how hard I try to understand what Jim is talking about, it is apparent that his lights are on but nobody is home. Read more ➺
home is where the heart is
Meaning: a place you feel connected to emotionally
Example: No matter where I go, it's always so lovely to come back here. Home is where the heart is after all. Read more ➺
dead as a doornail
Meaning: becoming obsolete
Example: The flowers are all dead as a doornail. Read more ➺
keep the wolf from the door
Meaning: to have sufficient money to prevent starvation or hunger
Example: Both the man and his wife must work long hours just to keep the wolf from the door. Read more ➺
Elvis has left the building
Meaning: the show is ended and go home now
Example: I think we delayed coming - Elvis has left the building. Read more ➺
household name
Meaning: to be very popular
Example: The character is a household name because people are able to identify with the struggles that he faces. Read more ➺
there’s no place like home
Meaning: to have an affinity for one's home over every other place
Example: The troops finally retreated and the men get to go home to their families now. There is no place like home. Read more ➺
every nook and cranny
Meaning: to look for something everywhere
Example: The lawyers searched every nook and cranny to find more evidence but alas, there was none. Read more ➺
