Today, we're talking about home expressions and home idioms.
Right now, we're in my hometown for the holidays.
This is the city where I was born and spend first 15 years of my life.
And after that, I moved to the US.
But because we're here...because this is still my home,
we are doing some expressions about home and idioms about home.
How does it feel to be home?
It's okay
So Ioana is going to give us the grand tour of Timisoara.
Ooh, Donuterie.
Whoa! Jesus, what's going on?
Attack of the pigeons.
The first expression I want to talk to you about is "Home sweet home."
And this is something we say after...maybe we've been
traveling a little bit, and we finally get home, and we have
the nice feeling that we belong in this place.
Home sweet home.
Do you feel home sweet home?
I feel home.
Another expression that is very similar in meaning
to home sweet home is "There is no place like home."
And this means that home is the best place where you can be.
It doesn't matter how far and wide you travel,
you always love to come back home.
I believe this comes from the Wizard of Oz.
It's a quote about Kansas.
When Dorothy traveled to Oz and she kept wanting to go back to Kansas.
There's no place like home.
I don't understand why Dorothy wanted to go back to
Kansas because, honestly, Oz sounds like a much better place.
But whatever - to Dorothy there is no place like home.
There's no place like home.
What happens in the movie?
In the movie, I don't know. In the book she ends up going back to Kansas.
How?
She...with her silver shoes
I don't have...I'm not Dorothy.
There's no place like home.
You're supposed to click them.
Oh.
I don't know why she does it.
I think she like jumps up and then says there's no place like home.
That looked like a jumping jack.
Probably one of my all-time favorites is there...
Wait! What's the expression?
Oh, home is...
Another great expression, which is probably one of my favorites, is "Home is where the heart is."
And this has nothing to do with a physical place.
But everything to do with inside.
And what I mean to say by that is any place
you are in the world that you love, or any person that you're with that you love,
you feel home with them.
You feel comfortable with them.
You love that place, and it feels good. It feels right.
And that's what it means. Home is where the heart is.
The next expression I want to talk to you about is a "Homebody."
It's really just a word.
A homebody is a word used to describe a person who likes to stay home.
They don't like traveling.
They don't like, maybe going out, being social.
They just like to stay home, be cozy with a blanket and a book, maybe.
That's a homebody.
Just somebody who really enjoys staying home.
What's that big building in front of us?
The Opera House.
What?
The Opera House.
This is how the people of Timisoara get their water.
Should we...should we go by there?
Because we haven't been.
Our next expression is "Nothing to write home about."
And to put it in one word, it kind of means meh.
Which...it's usually what we're talking about reviews.
Like we're reviewing a movie that we saw or we're talking about a drink that you just tried.
And somebody asks you, "How was it?"
And you say nothing to write home about.
It just means it wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either.
It was just kind of...meh.
Our next expression is something that "Hits home."
And this means something that you can resonate with.
Something that you can relate to.
For example, if somebody makes a comment
and you have...maybe a childhood experience with that,
you can say "It just really hits home."
It means that it affected you, and you can really resonate with that.
And many, many, times it is negative.
It hits home.
Our next expression is "A home away from home."
And this refers to a place.
It's a place that is not physically your home.
But just a place that feels very very comfortable just like home does .
And it can be, you know, if you're living in another country
that can be your home away from home.
Another example is if somebody's always working
and they really, really, really enjoy working, maybe their office is their home away home.
Another home expression is "Home team."
And this is a sports expression.
And it means...it usually refers to some kind of sports team that is in your hometown.
Whether it's basketball, baseball, football, soccer,
soccer, or whatever, your home team is the team that is from your hometown.
What's Timisoara's home team?
Oh gosh..it's Poli. Poli Timsoara. It's a football...a soccer team.
Alright. Are you a big fan?
I...no.
It's your home team.
We hope you enjoyed this video about home expressions and home idioms.
And now we want to hear from you.
So please, please, please in the comments below,
tell us about your home town.
Things you like about it. What's there to do?
Please share.
We always love hearing about our students and their lives and culture.
Thank you so much. And I'll see you next time. Bye.