feel at home

Meaning

To feel comfortable, relaxed, and secure in a place or situation, as if you were in your own home. It is often used when welcoming guests or adapting to a new environment.

Examples

• The host was so welcoming that I immediately felt at home.

  The host was so welcoming that I immediately felt at home.

• It took a few months, but I finally feel at home in my new apartment.

  It took a few months, but I finally feel at home in my new apartment.

• Please make yourself comfortable and feel at home.

  Please make yourself comfortable and feel at home.

• She didn't really feel at home in the big city at first.

  She didn't really feel at home in the big city at first.

• The cozy decorations in the hotel room made us feel at home.

  The cozy decorations in the hotel room made us feel at home.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I feel at my home here.

  ✓ I feel at home here.

  The idiom is fixed as 'feel at home'. Do not add possessive pronouns like 'my', 'your', or 'his'.

• ✗ She makes me to feel at home.

  ✓ She makes me feel at home.

  The verb 'make' is followed by an object and a bare infinitive (verb without 'to').

Related Expressions

Practice

• The warm hospitality of the locals made us ___.

  💡 Feel comfortable and relaxed.

  Show answer

  feel at home

• It's important to make new employees ___ during their first week.

  💡 Feel welcome and comfortable.

  Show answer

  feel at home