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homeless —无家可归 (often used)无家 adj (often used)可归 adj (often used)归者 adjExamples:reunite after being homeless refugees—destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means—fig. drifting and homeless—destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about—homeless and miserable (idiom); wander about in a desperate plight—guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc)—a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold—guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense—dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)—a falling leaf returns the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home—hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent—householder who refuses vacate his home despite pressure from property developers—congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!—a home where the kids have grown up and moved out—Menlo Park, New Jersey, the home of Thomas Edison's research laboratory—hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home—Electrolux (Swedish manufacturer of home appliances)—ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing write home about—Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, north India, home of Tibetan government in exile—forced leave home and wander from place to place—follow up a victory and press home the attack—lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)—Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality—Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends—lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague—remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home—hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target—return to one's parents' home to pay respects—leave home (to become a Buddhist monk or nun)—return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs—better go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish [idiom.]—lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have take it home [idiom.]—indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty [idiom.]—relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers [idiom.]—regard the four corners of the world all as home [idiom.]— |