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AT HOME,

BRING HOME,

BRING HOME THE BACON,

CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST,

CLOSE TO HOME,

CONVALESCENT HOME or NURSING HOME or REST HOME,

KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING,

MAKE ONESELF AT HOME,

NOBODY HOME,

WRITE HOME ABOUT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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