Meaning & use
humble abode
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Meaning
phrasecountablehumorous
A playful or modest way to refer to one's home.
Grammar: Takes a possessive adjective: my humble abode, their humble abode. Plural: humble abodes (rare).
Patterns
- welcome to my humble abode
- my humble abode
Come in and make yourself at home in my humble abode.
After years of saving, they finally invited friends to their humble abode.
He calls his tiny apartment his humble abode, even though it's quite stylish.
Word forms
| plural | humble abodes |
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Common combinations
- welcome to my humble abode
- Welcome to my humble abode — please ignore the mess.
- my humble abode
- I spend most weekends relaxing in my humble abode.
- their humble abode
- They proudly showed us their humble abode.
- invite someone to one's humble abode
- She invited the whole team to her humble abode for dinner.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: humble abode or abode?
humble abode vs abode
Abode alone means a home or place where someone lives, often in literary or legal contexts. The full phrase 'humble abode' is the humorous idiom.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'humble abode' in the most natural way?
Choose one answer.
The phrase is a humorous, modest way to welcome someone to your home, as in B. An is contradictory because a castle is grand, C confuses it with furniture, and D is nonsense.
Make it your own
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