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Home Away From Home

 

Home Away From Home 


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Meaning:

Home Away From Home means that there is a place that is not your home, but you feel just as comfortable there as you do in your own home. You might experience this when you visit friends or family, especially if they have been in your life for a while; 

"ahh, it’s like a home away from home."


Origin:

The phrase has been around since the 1860s; it was first used as Home from Home for a hotel that was trying to showcase and market their characteristic of comfort.

Later in the 1800s, the slogan changed to what we know of today as a home away from home; it started to be used beyond the hotel industry and into boarding houses like boarding schools, workhouses, and orphanages.

As time went on, the phrase Home away from home was used as a joke and used to talk about a place that were frequented a lot, like a local bar. When someone became a regular, and the staff knew them by name, they became comfortable there and were able to be themselves, and it felt that you were at a home away from home.

In 1926 the phrase “It's like a home away from home." was used as lyrics in The Transport Workers Song by Henry Kirk.


Example:

Today we still see this phrase used in the hospitality industry to advertise comfort and relaxation. An example sentence would be:

"Whenever I go and visit my grandmother, it is like a home away from home."


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