no room at the inn
Lodging unavailable tonight
No room at the inn comes from the biblical account of Jesus's birth, when Mary and Joseph found no lodging in Bethlehem.
The phrase now describes any situation where space or capacity is exhausted: Sorry, no room at the inn—we're fully booked.
It often carries a note of being turned away when accommodation was needed most.
- Christmas storyHoliday season tale
- holy nightReligiously significant evening
- mangerLivestock feeding container
- BethlehemNativity's traditional setting
- shelterProtected place or structure
stable · homelessness · rejection · no vacancy · lodging · exclusion · night · displacement · nativity · marginalization · cold · overcrowding · door · innkeeper · refusal · knock · prophecy · humble beginnings
no room at the innvacancy
Unoccupied space or position
plenty of room · room to spare · vacancies · empty rooms · abundance
no room at the innwarm welcome
open door · come on in · welcome mat · hospitality · open arms
room, rooms, roomed, rooming, roommate, roomy, roomier, roomiest, roominess