I brought a box of candy home to the children.
•The candy was brought home to Lily by Ken.
2. Fig. to cause someone to realize something. •My weakness was brought home to me by the heavy work I had been assigned to do.
•The hard work really brought my frailty home to me.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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bring something home to — bring (something) home to (someone) to make someone understand something much more clearly than they did before, especially something unpleasant. These photographs finally brought home to us the terrible realities of war. It took an international … New idioms dictionary
bring something home to — bring (something) home (to (someone)) to make something more clearly understood. Her visit to the war memorial brought home to her the suffering the war had caused. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related … New idioms dictionary
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bring home to someone — bring (something) home to (someone) to make someone understand something much more clearly than they did before, especially something unpleasant. These photographs finally brought home to us the terrible realities of war. It took an international … New idioms dictionary
bring home to someone — bring (something) home (to (someone)) to make something more clearly understood. Her visit to the war memorial brought home to her the suffering the war had caused. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related … New idioms dictionary
bring home to — bring (something) home to (someone) to make someone understand something much more clearly than they did before, especially something unpleasant. These photographs finally brought home to us the terrible realities of war. It took an international … New idioms dictionary
bring home to — bring (something) home (to (someone)) to make something more clearly understood. Her visit to the war memorial brought home to her the suffering the war had caused. Usage notes: usually said about something that is difficult or unpleasant Related … New idioms dictionary
