make yourself at home
Treat this familiarly
Make yourself at home is an invitation to act as comfortably as you would in your own house—help yourself to food, sit where you like, don't stand on ceremony: Come in, make yourself at home.
The phrase acknowledges that guests may feel constrained in unfamiliar spaces and grants permission to relax those constraints.
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- settleReach final terms
- unwindRelease accumulated tension
come on in · warm welcome · cozy up · guest · house guest · host · good company · hearth · calmness · trust · cordiality · openness · sanctuary · repose · tranquility · familiarity · belonging · recline
- Comfort Phrasescomfort food, comfort zone, creature comforts, home sweet home, safe and sound
- Pleasantriesplease, thank you, thanks, sorry, excuse me
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- permissionpermission granted, granted, allowed, permitted, authorization
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
make yourself at homeget out
Depart or escape
leave · cold reception · cold shoulder · unwelcome · show someone the door
make yourself at homeformal reception
Ceremonial social gathering
stand on ceremony · mind your manners · watch your step · follow the rules · by appointment only
make yourself at homekeep your distance
know your place · persona non grata · freeze out · exclude · ostracize
makes, maker, makers, yourself, yours, selves, homely, homeless, homeward