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creature comfortAny small item or detail that makes a person comfortable and at home.Rate it:

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payback's a bitchUsually a complete sentence as an interjection: I am amused that someone got their revenge on you...but you certainly had it coming.Rate it:

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state of disrepairSomething in need of repair. Typically referring to a mechanical object or system (like a car or home) that has broken down or doesn't work anymore.Rate it:

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canary in a coal mineSomething whose sensitivity to adverse conditions makes it a useful early indicator of such conditions; something which warns of the coming of greater danger or trouble by a deterioration in its health or welfare.Rate it:

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sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.Rate it:

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somnium verum evādit (Div. 2. 53. 108)my dream is coming true.Rate it:

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bring roundTo bring something when coming.Rate it:

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fox in the henhouseA relationships wherein a predator is granted free reign within the prey's home confinement, often used in the political sense.Rate it:

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darken somebody's doorstepTo enter somebody else's home uninvited.Rate it:

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take inTo receive into your home for the purpose of processing for a fee.Rate it:

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call outTo arrange for a professional to call at your home for some purpose.Rate it:

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keep awayTo prevent from coming.Rate it:

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run awayTo leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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companyKeep the house clean, I have company coming.Rate it:

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the jetset wayThe JetSet Way is the only way. People who live this way are straight alpha/sigma males and have the ability at will to ethically attain any and every woman they shall desire, own any car they shall want, wear whatever brand clothes they want, get VIP access everywhere and will spend more time on planes traveling to foreign countries than they do at their home. The Jet Set Way was coined by JetSetFly (also known as Josh King Madrid) himself.Rate it:

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welcome backSaid to someone coming back to somewhere they have been before.Rate it:

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à qui mal veut, mal arriveHarm watch, harm catch; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.Rate it:

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à tout oiseau son nid est beauHome is home, be it ever so homely. Rate it:

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aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)the tide is coming in.Rate it:

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ahead of one's timeShowing characteristics of changes yet to be; present in one's work before later advances in the field; coming earlier than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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amuser le tapisTo talk a great deal without coming to the point; To talk time away.Rate it:

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anaconda mortgageA loan arrangement in which all of the money borrowed from a lender, for whatever purpose, is secured by one's home, land, and other property.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (T)A batter who leads the league in three major categories: home runs, runs batted in, and batting average.Rate it:

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apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)I felt quite at home in his house.Rate it:

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arbores frondescuntthe trees are coming into leaf.Rate it:

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back and bettercoming back togetherRate it:

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bed blockerAn elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.Rate it:

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bed into settle, to make [someone] feel at homeRate it:

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behind its timeShowing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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by the wayHis mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she volunteered to bring dessert.Rate it:

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c'est un bain qui chauffeThere is a shower coming on.Rate it:

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c'est un coup qui porteThat is a home-thrust.Rate it:

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calling cardA small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.Rate it:

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care packageA package sent from home or from friends or family, containing favorite foods or comfort items.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas le Pérouit's nothing to write home aboutRate it:

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ce qui vient de flot s'en retourne de maréeFortune is as quick in going as in coming. Rate it:

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charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-mêmeCharity begins at home.Rate it:

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chickenizeTo make chicken-like or suitable for chickens.Rate it:

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chômer les fêtes avant qu'elles ne soient venuesTo count one’s chickens before they are hatched.Rate it:

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circuit sluggerA talented baseball batter that hits home runs.Rate it:

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come on overto visit someone's home.Rate it:

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cowboy showerA simple shower in a mudroom to remove the grime from the outdoors and the workday, before entering into a home or ranchhouse.Rate it:

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dans son assietteat home, at easeRate it:

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day outAn excursion, returning home on the same day.Rate it:

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domi (opp. foris)at home; in one's native country.Rate it:

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dust off a batterfor a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.Rate it:

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eat inTo eat a meal at home.Rate it:

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ElysianElysium; home of the blessed, after death.Rate it:

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