be at home

be at home

1. if someone is at home in a situation, they feel confident and happy because it is familiar to them and they know how to deal with it. By the end of the week she was beginning to feel more at home in her new job. (often + in) He is equally at home in a symphony orchestra or playing jazz with friends.

2. if something or someone is at home somewhere, they are suitable for that place and look right in it. This painting would be more at home in an art gallery than hanging on someone's living room wall.

See also: home