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Meaning of home is where you hang your hat | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Rather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.

Examples

“One place is like the other let's say Home is where you hang your hat.”
“"Did I ever think that Jamaica would be my home? Never," he says, "but I have been living as a foreigner in someone else's country for most of my life," he says, "and I guess it is true that home is where you hang your hat."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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