back home

back home — idiom

1. used to refer to the country, region, or town where you were born or grew up, es

1.慣用語B1
釋義

used to refer to the country, region, or town where you were born or grew up, especially when you are now living somewhere else.

例句

The food in Taipei is nothing like what I ate back home in Chiang Mai.

comparative: back home in + [place]

Nguyen calls her parents back home every Sunday to hear news from the family.

verb + back home (call/write/phone)

同義詞

文法句型

back home in + [place]

[verb/noun] + back home

from + back home

用法筆記

Compare with 'at home': 'at home' refers to the house or apartment where you currently live, while 'back home' points to your place of origin. Also, 'back home' never takes a determiner — write 'back home in Kyoto', not 'the back home in Kyoto'.

常見錯誤

❌Back at home in Vietnam, we eat pho for breakfast.
✅Back home in Vietnam, we eat pho for breakfast.
💡'Back home' already carries the meaning of 'at home', so adding 'at' is redundant.
❌I miss my back home cooking.
✅I miss the cooking back home.
💡'Back home' is an adverbial phrase; it cannot directly modify a noun.