House and home idioms

**Melisa85** · 13-Sep-2008, 14:00

If someone knows the definition of the idiom "on the home straight" please let me know... thanx

**bhaisahab** · 13-Sep-2008, 14:06

Originally Posted by Melisa85

If someone knows the definition of the idiom "on the home straight" please let me know... thanx

It means 'on the last part of the journey', almost there.

**BobK** · 14-Sep-2008, 13:35

(On a running track, a 400m runner runs round the first bend and into the 'back straight. Then round another bend and into the 'home straight'.)

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**susiedqq** · 14-Sep-2008, 15:00

I've never heard of that one.

Sure it isn't "on the home front"?

**bhaisahab** · 14-Sep-2008, 15:34

Originally Posted by susiedqq

I've never heard of that one.

Sure it isn't "on the home front"?

"On the home front" is very different, see here:
Home Front ... World War II

**Ouisch** · 14-Sep-2008, 19:00

In AmE, we say "home stretch" rather than "home straight."

**bhaisahab** · 14-Sep-2008, 19:07

Originally Posted by Ouisch

In AmE, we say "home stretch" rather than "home straight."

Ah, OK, As Ronbee said to me some time ago, "divided by a common language".

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