(someone's) native soil
The country or geographical area in which someone was born or raised. Though I've spent most of my adult life in London, it's always nice to return to my native soil of Shanghai, if even for just a few days. I can't quite place your accent, sir. Where is your native soil? Traveling is lovely, but it's always so nice to get back on our native soil.
go native
To adopt the behavior, attitudes, or characteristics of the people of a different culture in which one now lives. John has gone native after living in Hawaii for a year, surfing every chance he gets. A: "Kalyn is still living in Thailand?" B: "Yeah, she's gone native. I don't know that she has any desire to live in the US again." I guess I have gone native since I moved to Sweden. I just really appreciate how they live life at a slower pace here and don't let work consume their lives.
the natives are getting restless
The local population of some location are becoming agitated or beginning to express irritation, discontentment, or discomfiture. Possibly offensive, given the connotations of indigenous people not obeying the rule of some colonizing force. The state senator is entering the final year of his four-year term, and after failing to live up to the raft of promises he made to his constituency, it's clear that the natives are getting restless.
the natives are restless
The local population of some location have become agitated or have begun expressing irritation, discontentment, or discomfiture. Possibly offensive, given the connotations of indigenous people not obeying the rule of some colonizing force. The state senator is entering the final year of his four-year term, and after failing to live up to the raft of promises he made to his constituency, it's clear that the natives are restless.
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go native
Adopt another people's way of life, especially that of a culture from a less developed country. For example, Ben's decided to go native, sleeping in a hammock and eating all kinds of strange foods . This expression is closely associated with the often contemptuous view British colonists had of indigenous peoples. [c. 1900]
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