hang up your fiddle when you come home

hang up (one's) fiddle when (one) comes home

To cease to be pleasant, charming, or amusing once one arrives home. He's always cranky after work—it's like he hangs up his fiddle when he comes home. I swear, his co-workers get him at his best, and then he hangs up his fiddle when he comes home. Those two are miserable together anymore. It's like each of them hangs up their fiddle when they come home.

See also: come, fiddle, hang, home, up

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hang up your fiddle when you come home

cease to be cheerful or entertaining when you are in the company of your family. chiefly US

See also: come, fiddle, hang, home, up

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