roof over one's head
Place to live
A roof over one's head is basic shelter—a place to live, however modest.
The phrase emphasizes minimum adequacy rather than comfort or quality: All I need is a roof over my head and food on the table.
It often appears in contexts of economic precarity or gratitude for having escaped homelessness.
- homeownershipLegally possessing residential property
- houseResidential building
- down paymentInitial sum toward purchase
- securityProtection from threat
- apartmentRented unit in building
rent · cottage · hut · poverty · low income · housing crisis · social safety net · igloo · yurt · stability · warm bed · four walls · place to stay · refuge · shelterlessness · bungalow · mortgage · affordability
roof over one's headhomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
sleeping rough · houselessness · out in the cold · unsheltered · vagrancy
roof over one's headdisplacement
Removal from usual location
rootlessness · transience · instability · eviction · dispossession
roof over one's headmansion
Large, stately home
luxury · opulence · dream home · estate · prosperity
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