1. Home in on
He began with a couple
of jokes before homing
in on the main subject
of his talk.
Become closer to your
target
House of correction
She said he’s out of the house of
correction.
Prison Go home in a box
Be home and dry
I just need one more
source for this essay
and then I’ll be home
and dry.
Have successfully
completed something,
as a project or activity
A house of cards
Their plan turned out to be a
house of cards.
An organization or
plan that is weak
and can easily be
destroyed
be sent home after death
(box refers to a coffin)
Close to home
Some of my relatives
criticize the education
system. As a teacher, their
comments hit close to
home.
Affect someone in a
strong and personal
way
Halfway house
This band is a halfway
house between rock and pop.
Something that
combines the
qualities of two
different things
Go big/hard, or go home:
Make yourself at
home
Please come in
and make yourself at
home.
Make yourself
comfortable
Hit the roof
When I found out Tom crashed
my car, I hit the roof.
Become very
angry
a slang expression meaning
“Put effort into something, or
give up trying”
Lead (someone) up
the garden path
They led me down the
garden path and made me
believe there would be a job
for me.
Deceive someone
Everything but the kitchen sink
We were only going to be camping for
two nights, but she still insisted on
bringing everything but the kitchen
sink along with us.
Take a lot of
things when you
go somewhere
The lights are on, but
nobody’s home
home truth
“She’s going to have to sit
down and hear some home
truths.”
an uncomfortable fact:
be on the house
“Can I get you a drink on the house?”
be free (in a
restaurant)
said of an unintelligent
person, from the comparison
of the person’s “empty” head
with a vacant house
See (one) home:
escort someone to his or her
residence
Home boy/home girl
a person with whom
one is very close (from
the notion that one
grew up in the same
neighborhood as that
person)