[Idiom] Help yourself at home???

[cominghome]

Do we use the structure "help yourself at home" in English?
My English teacher said that this sentence was very common in spoken English but I don't think so. Could you please help me figure out the answer?
Thanks in advance!

 

[emsr2d2]

Do we use the structure "help yourself at home" in English?
My English teacher said that this sentence was very common in spoken English but I don't think so. Could you please help me figure out the answer?
Thanks in advance!

It's not a common phrase to me. What did your teacher mean by it? That you should practice at home in order to help your progress?

 

[sunsunmoon]

Is the phrase different from Make yourself at home?

 

[emsr2d2]

Is the phrase different from Make yourself at home?

"Make yourself at home" is very common and means "Please feel comfortable here, please feel as if this is your home".

I have never heard "Help yourself at home".

 

[cominghome]

Yes.My teacher meant 'make yourself at home". That's why don't agree with her.

 

[Ouisch]

"Help yourself" and "Make yourself at home" are two very common AmE expressions, and have a similar meaning, but "Help yourself at home" is definintely not.