"home away from home" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-home away from home.ogg [Australia] Forms: homes away from home [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|homes away from home}} home away from home (plural homes away from home)
  1. (idiomatic) A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: home from home Related terms: home is where the heart is, second home Translations (place in which one is comfortable): 賓至如歸 (Chinese Mandarin), 宾至如归 (bīnzhìrúguī) (Chinese Mandarin), kodikas paikka (Finnish), zweites Zuhause [neuter] (German), második otthon (Hungarian), второ́й дом (vtorój dom) (Russian), andra hem [neuter] (Swedish)

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