English Explanatory Dictionary

it takes a heap of living to make a house a home

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A house is simply a physical structure and does not count as a home until significant events in the inhabitants' lives have occurred there over a substantial period of time, and they have developed an emotional bond to the house and its immediate environs.

Word forms

it takes a heap of living to make a house a home it takes a heap o' livin' to make a house a home

Etymology

From the poem A Heap o' Livin' (1916) by Edgar A. Guest.

Synonyms

it takes a lot of living to make a house a home

Related words

a house is not a home home is where the heart is
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