What is the difference between ‘a home away from home’ and ‘a home from home’?
(S. Anand, Chennai)
There is no difference in meaning between the two expressions. The idiom ‘a home away from home’ is mostly used in American English, while the British and the Australians prefer ‘a home from home.’
When you say that a place is your home away from home, what you mean is that you feel as comfortable and as relaxed there as you do in your own home.
My brother-in-law visits Mumbai so often that it’s become his home away from home.
S. UPENDRAN
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