Idioms of home in English

at home

away from home

charity begins at home

(saying) you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people

close to home

eat somebody out of house and home

(informal, often humorous) to eat a lot of somebody else’s food

How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home.

a home from home (British English) (North American English a home away from home)

a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable as if you were in your own home

The guests are made to feel that the hotel is a home from home.

The hotel's friendly atmosphere makes it a real home (away) from home.

home is where the heart is

(saying) a home is where the people you love are

home sweet home

(often ironic) used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)

a man’s home is his castle (US English) (British English an Englishman’s home is his castle)

(saying) a person’s home is a place where they can be private and safe and do as they like

set up home

(British English) (used especially about a couple) to start living in a new place

They got married and set up home together in Hull.

your spiritual home

the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there

When she moved to Italy, she knew she'd found her true spiritual home.

The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home.

I had always thought of India as my spiritual home.

when he’s, it’s, etc. at home

(British English, humorous) used to emphasize a question about somebody/something

Who's she when she's at home? (= I don't know her)(= I don't know her)

work from home (abbreviation WFH)

to do your job in your own home, especially a job that is usually done in an office

I usually work from home on Fridays.