- come home to someone
- come home to (someone)
if something comes home to someone, they understand it clearly.
It suddenly came home to me that I had made the most awful mistake.
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come home to someone
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come home to someone — come home (to (someone)) to become completely clear to someone. The reality of his loss finally came home to him. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related vocabulary: hit home, strike home … New idioms dictionary
come home to someone — (of the significance of something) become fully realized by someone the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara … Useful english dictionary
come home to — come home (to (someone)) to become completely clear to someone. The reality of his loss finally came home to him. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related vocabulary: hit home, strike home … New idioms dictionary
come home — (to (someone)) to become completely clear to someone. The reality of his loss finally came home to him. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related vocabulary: hit home, strike home … New idioms dictionary
come home to — (someone) if something comes home to someone, they understand it clearly. It suddenly came home to me that I had made the most awful mistake … New idioms dictionary
come home to — see ↑home, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑come come home to : to become very clear and obvious to (someone) in usually a forceful or unpleasant way The truth about her marriage came home to her when he left her. • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
someone's chickens come home to roost — or something comes home to roost used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost … English dictionary
someone's chickens come home to roost — someone’s chickens come home to roost something comes home to roost phrase used for saying that bad actions or mistakes from the past have unpleasant results in the present It’s only now that the real problems in London are coming home to roost.… … Useful english dictionary
come on to someone — 1. in. to make advances to a person. □ He came on to her, but she beat it outa there fast. □ She didn’t even know he was coming on to her, till they got to his place. 2. in. to try to get someone to respond romantically or sexually. □ She was… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
chickens come home to roost — If you say that chickens have come home to roost, you mean that bad or embarrassing things done in the past by someone are now causing problems for that person. As tenants the couple were noisy and disorderly. Now they can t find a place… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
