make oneself at home
Get fully comfortable
Make oneself at home is an invitation to behave as comfortably and freely as one would in one's own residence.
Hosts offer this phrase to put guests at ease, encouraging them to help themselves to food, sit where they like, or otherwise not stand on ceremony.
Please make yourself at home while I finish cooking.
The expression can also describe someone who settles in without waiting for permission, sometimes with a tone of mild disapproval: He just walked in and made himself at home.
- reclineLie back at ease
- unwindRelease accumulated tension
- restCessation of activity
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- pull up a chairInvitation to sit nearby
relax · accommodate · cozy · comfortable · settled · repose · get comfortable · informality · kick back · put your feet up · familiarity · homeliness · belonging · take it easy · lie down · nestle · hang loose · warmth
make oneself at homestand on ceremony
Insist on strict formality
keep one's distance · hold back · keep up appearances · keep one's guard up · know one's place
makes, making, makers, oneself, selves, homely, homeless, homeward, homeland