make oneself at home

make oneself at home
make oneself at home
to make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home. •

Please come in and make yourself at home.

I'm glad you're here. During your visit, just make yourself at home.

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{v. phr.} To feel comfortable; act as if you were in your own home. * /If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home./ * /John was an outdoor man and could make himself at home in the woods at night./ Compare: AT EASE, AT HOME(2).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • make oneself at home — {v. phr.} To feel comfortable; act as if you were in your own home. * /If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home./ * /John was an outdoor man and could make himself at home in the woods at night./… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make oneself at home — To be as free and unrestrained as in one s own house • • • Main Entry: ↑home …   Useful english dictionary

  • make oneself at home — make oneself comfortable, feel at home …   English contemporary dictionary

  • make\ oneself\ at\ home — v. phr. To feel comfortable; act as if you were in your own home. If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home. John was an outdoor man and could make himself at home in the woods at night. Compare: at… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make oneself at home — act as if you were at home She is able to make herself at home when she goes to visit her friends …   Idioms and examples

  • home — /hoʊm / (say hohm) noun 1. a house, or other shelter that is the fixed residence of a person, a family, or a household. 2. a place of one s domestic affections. 3. (often upper case) an institution for the homeless, sick, etc. 4. the dwelling… …  

  • home — {{11}}home (n.) O.E. ham dwelling, house, estate, village, from P.Gmc. *haimaz (Cf. O.Fris. hem home, village, O.N. heimr residence, world, heima home, Dan. hjem, M.Du. heem, Ger. heim home, Goth. haims village …   Etymology dictionary

  • home — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or NURSING HOME or REST HOME, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING, MAKE ONESELF AT HOME, NOBODY HOME, WRITE HOME ABOUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • home — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or NURSING HOME or REST HOME, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING, MAKE ONESELF AT HOME, NOBODY HOME, WRITE HOME ABOUT …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • home — See: at home, bring home, bring home the bacon, chickens come home to roost, close to home, convalescent home or nursing home or rest home, keep the home fires burning, make oneself at home, nobody home, write home about …   Словарь американских идиом

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