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proverb
A house is simply a physical structure and does not count as a home until significant events in the inhabitants' lives have occurred there over a substantial period of time, and they have developed an emotional bond to the house and its immediate environs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: it takes a lot of living to make a house a home
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the poem A Heap o' Livin' (1916) by Edgar A. Guest.
