A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE

Meaning of A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE in English

a man can relax and please himself in his own home

I let Ron think he's king when he comes home from work. He believes a man's home is his castle.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE — ( US ) = an Englishman's home is his castle at Englishman
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) 2002– Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and …
Английский словарь Британика
CASTLE — I Medieval European stronghold, generally the fortified dwelling of the king or lord of the territory in which it stood. …
Английский словарь Британика
MAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOME — I. ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIS — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, gen. of hē he — more at he obsolete possessive of he I …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CASTLE — I. ˈkasəl, -ˈaa-, -ˈai-, -ˈȧ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English castel, from Old English, from Old North French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CASTLE — (v. i.) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to …
Английский словарь Webster
CASTLE — (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
Английский словарь Webster
CASTLE — ( v. i. ) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CASTLE — ( n. ) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — /hohm/ , n., adj., adv., v., homed, homing . n. 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CASTLE — /kas"euhl, kah"seuhl/ , n. Irene (Foote) , 1893-1969, born in the U.S., and her husband and partner Vernon ( Vernon …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CASTLE — — castlelike , adj. /kas"euhl, kah"seuhl/ , n. , v. , castled, castling . n. 1. a fortified, usually walled …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CASTLE — v. put in a castle; make a certain move (in a chess game)
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MAN — I. ˈman, in compounds ˌman or mən noun ( plural men ˈmen, in compounds ˌmen or mən) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOME — I. ˈhōm noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CASTLE — I. ˈka-səl noun Etymology: Middle English castel, from Old English, from Old French & Latin; Old French dialect (Norman-Picard) castel, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAN — vt to tame, as a hawk. 2. man ·noun the human race; mankind. 3. man ·vt to furnish with a …
Webster English vocab
HOME — adv close; closely. 2. home ·noun ·see homelyn. 3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home. 4. home …
Webster English vocab
CASTLE — noun any strong, imposing, and stately mansion. 2. castle ·noun a small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's …
Webster English vocab
HOME — [home] n [ME hom, fr. OE ham village, home; akin to OHG heim home] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one's place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CASTLE — [cas.tle] n [ME castel, fr. OE, fr. ONF, fr. L castellum fortress, castle, dim. of castrum fortified place; perh. akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CASTLE — medieval European stronghold, generally the residence of the king or lord of the territory in which it stands. The word …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOME — home BrE AmE həʊm AmE hoʊm ▷ homed həʊmd AmE hoʊmd ▷ homes həʊmz AmE hoʊmz ▷ homing ˈhəʊm ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MAN — / mæn; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun ( pl. men / men; NAmE /) MALE PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME — / həʊm; NAmE hoʊm/ noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun HOUSE, etc. 1. [ C , U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASTLE — / ˈkɑːsl; NAmE ˈkæsl/ noun 1. a large strong building with thick high walls and towers, built in the past …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — I. man 1 S1 W1 /mæn/ BrE AmE noun ( plural men /men/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOME — I. home 1 S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ homeless , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CASTLE — Castle, Bar ‧ ba ‧ ra /ˈbɑːb ə rə $ ˈbɑːr-/ BrE AmE (1911–2002) a British politician who was a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CASTLE — cas ‧ tle W3 /ˈkɑːs ə l $ ˈkæ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1000-1100 ; Language: Old North …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAN — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1. an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — I. NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES /hoʊm/ ( homes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — ( men, mans, manning, manned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CASTLE — ( castles) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A castle is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a home birth (= when a woman gives birth at home, not in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIS — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES betray his presence ▪ The slightest sound might betray his presence . craned his neck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CASTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CASTLE — [noun] [C] - a large strong building, built in the past by a ruler or important person to protect the …
Cambridge English vocab
CASTLE — n. Castle Vernon and Irene Montezuma Castle National Monument Neuschwanstein Castle Windsor Castle
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CASTLE — n. Medieval European stronghold, generally the fortified dwelling of the king or lord of the territory in which it stood. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAN — n. Mountain Man 2002 Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, VA hospital, Vaterland, a better place, abode, accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Slang English vocab
MAN — n. confidence man con man fancy man fighting man hatchet man hit man iron man ladies' man man at arms …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CASTLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ grand , great , magnificent , splendid ( esp. BrE ) ▪ turreted , walled ▪ historic …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — INDEX: 1. where someone lives 2. to be in your home 3. happening or doing something in someone’s home 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — See ↑ COME FROM 2, ↑ HOME 1,4,5, ↑ HOUSE 3, ↑ TOWN 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ at home • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — n. 25B6; noun they fled their homes : RESIDENCE, place of residence, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage; accommodation, property, quarters, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — n. 1 dwelling-place, residence, domicile, abode, dwelling, house, (living) quarters, habitation, lodging(s), Brit accommodation or US accommodations, Colloq place, Chiefly …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CASTLE — n. 1 fortress, stronghold, citadel The king moved to Windsor Castle during the winter 2 mansion, palace, manor-house, hall, château …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
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