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What does “a home away from home” mean?

Meaning, example sentences and a quick practice question.

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A place where you feel as comfortable as in your own home

“This café has become a home away from home for me.”

From the B2 lesson Home Sweet Home and the C1 lesson Home Sweet Home (home and settling down).

A place where you feel as comfortable as you do at home

“That little café became a home away from home for me.”

From the B2 lesson Jet Lag and Culture Shock (travel idioms).

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What does “a home away from home” mean?

Teaching this phrase?“a home away from home” is part of a ready-to-teach lesson, with a reading, three exercises, speaking tasks and an answer key, in Everyday English Chunks B2 Pack 1 (Life, People and Places) and Everyday English Chunks B2 Pack 3 (Money, Food, Work and Travel) and Everyday English Chunks C1 Pack 1 (Life, People and Places).
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