home sweet home

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hōm swēt hōm, IPA^(key): /həʊm swiːt həʊm/
• (US) enPR: hōm swēt hōm, IPA^(key): /hoʊm swiːt hoʊm/

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home sweet home

1. (idiomatic) Expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.
   • 1892, George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith, chapter 1, in The Diary of a Nobody:

     After my work in the City, I like to be at home. What 's the good of a home, if you are never in it? "Home, Sweet Home," that's my motto.

home sweet home (plural home sweet homes)

1. (idiomatic) One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.

• Sweet Home (place name)

• “home sweet home”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.