idioms involving “home”

At home

Comfortable, relaxed

“Kamiya-san said he feels quite at home in the legal division and doesn’t want to transfer in April.”

Bring home the bacon

To earn the salary that the family lives on

“Sakai-san is proud that she can bring home the bacon and still raise her two children.”

Hit a home run

To do something very successfully

“Goto-san hit a home run with her last CD; it sold over one million copies in the week it was released.”

Note: This is a baseball expression.

Hit home

To affect one personally, to really understand

“I remember being a “starving student” so the students’ complaints about the tuition rate increases really hit home with me.”

The home stretch

The last stage or part of something

“We are all exhausted because of this project but we can’t give up; we are on the home stretch now."