there's no place like home

there's no place like home

English

Proverb

there's no place like home

1. One feels most comfortable at home.

Translations

one feels most comfortable at home

Arabic: لَا مَكَان كَالْوَطَن‎ (lā makān ka-l-waṭan) Catalan: la meva casa i la meva llar mil unces valen (literally “my house and my home are worth a thousand ounces”), val més el fum de casa meva que el foc de la teva (literally “the smoke of my house is worth more than the fire of yours”) Chinese: Mandarin: 在家千日好 (zài jiā qiān rì hǎo) (lit.: at home a thousand days are good) Czech: všude dobře, doma nejlíp Danish: ude godt, men hjemme bedst, øst vest, hjemme bedst Dutch: oost west, thuis best Faroese: úti er gott, heima er best, eyst í vest, heimstaðið best Finnish: poissa hyvä, kotona paras French: il n'y a pas de petit chez soi, on n'est bien que chez soi German: nichts ist vergleichbar mit dem eigenen zu Hause, Ost und West, daheim am best, daheim ist daheim (de) Greek: σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου και φτωχοκαλυβάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou kai ftochokalyváki mou) Hungarian: mindenütt jó, de legjobb otthon (hu) Indonesian: rumahku surgaku, rumahku istanaku Irish: níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin Italian: dove si nasce, ogni erba pasce Jamaican Creole: nuh weh nuh betta dan yard Japanese: 住めば都 (すめばみやこ, sumeba miyako) (lit.: if you live somewhere, it's the royal palace to you), 我が家ほど良い場所はない (わがいえほどよいばしょはない, waga ie hodo yoi basho wa nai) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Şam şekir e lê welat şirîntir e (ku) Latin: nullus est locus domestica sede iucundior Luxembourgish: et ass néierens besser wéi doheem Norwegian: borte bra, men hjemme best (no) Polish: wszędzie dobrze, ale w domu najlepiej (pl) Portuguese: não há lugar como nosso lar Romanian: nicăieri nu e ca acasă Russian: в гостя́х хорошо́, а до́ма лу́чше (ru) (v gostjáx xorošó, a dóma lúčše) Serbo-Croatian: svugdje je lijepo, ali doma je najljepše Roman: svuda pođi, kući dođi Slovene: povsod je lepo, a doma je najlepše Spanish: mi casa y mi hogar cien doblas val Swedish: borta bra men hemma bäst Turkish: insanın evi gibisi yok Welsh: does unman yn debyg i gartref (cy)

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 330.