IDIOMS ABOUT HOME : 1.) Go home to get beauty sleep Here’s an example. Jamie needs to get up early. We’d better let her go home to get her beauty sleep. 2.) Run home to mama When someone runs home to mama, it means they are giving up something important like marriage to return to a comfortable place. Here’s an example. Whenever Paul gets hurt, he runs home to mama. 3.) Close to home When something is uncomfortably near or real, it’s close to home. Here’s an example. John’s remarks about distracted drivers hit Mary close to home because her mother died in a car accident. 4.) Coming home to roost Mistakes from the past often come back to haunt people. Here’s an example. Jerry tore his pants climbing over a fence. He knew the chickens would come home to roost when his mom noticed the tear. 5.) Until the cows come home A herd of cows does what it wants on its own schedule. There’s no predicting their actions. They will return from the pasture in an indefinite period of time. Here’s an example.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:23:39 +0000
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