[home] See: [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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

at home

[at home] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In the place where you live or come from. * /I went to his house, but he was not at home./ * /Americans […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

close to home

[close to home] {adv. phr.} Too near to someone's personal feelings, wishes, or interests. * /When John made fun of Bob's way of walking, he struck close to home./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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barge in

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beyond the shadow of a doubt

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Stephen Leacock

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Thomas Jefferson

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Irritainment

[Irritainment] Entertainment and media spectacles that are annoying, but you find yourself unable to stop watching them. The […]

first-string

[first-string] {adj.}, {informal} 1. On the starting team or A team. * /He was the first-string quarterback./ 2. Of the […]

for the best

[for the best] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} good or best; not bad as thought; lucky; well, happily. * /Maybe it's for the best that […]