English Explanatory Dictionary

there's no place like home

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One feels most comfortable at home.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

there's no place like home

Etymology

Popularized by the 1823 song Home! Sweet Home!, in which the phrase was used as a refrain. Popularized again, more recently, in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

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