Idioms. There are many idioms, metaphors, proverbs and fixed expressions using the word home in English. With your partner, match the first half of the seven expressions in column A with their second half in column B, then match the expression with its de

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Idioms

There are many idioms, metaphors, proverbs and fixed expressions using the word home in English. With your partner, match the first half of the seven expressions in column A with their second half in column B, then match the expression with its definition in column C.

A	B	Meaning
Home is …	… until the cows come home.	Home is the most satisfying place to be.
To bring home …	… but no-one’s home.	To do something for a very long time.
The chickens have …	… write home about.	Something that you say when you think someone is stupid.
There’s no place …	… where the heart is.	Mediocre, not as good as you expected.
Nothing to …	… come home to roost	To earn a salary; to bring home money earned at a job.
The lights are on …	... like home.	Your home will always be the place for which you feel the deepest affection.
To do something …	... the bacon.	The consequences of doing wrong always catch up with the wrongdoer.

Sentence completion

Watch the video and try to fill in the gaps in each sentence. When you’ve finished, check your answer using the transcript.

Edwin: I live in a __________ place with a nice kind of _______________ living room/kitchen.

Rachel: I live in a ____________ house.

Nuria: I would prefer to have a _____________.

Rosalind: … it’s in a lovely street of ____________ houses.

Jemma: … ideally looking out to the sea, but, yeah, just beautiful __________.

Homes

Themed discussion

Read the questions from the video below and make notes of your answers, then discuss each question with your partner.

Can you describe your home?

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What do you like about it? What don’t you like about it?

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What would your dream home be?

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