home department
noun
A government department responsible for home affairs; (with the and capital initials) specifically = home office (now only in Secretary of State for the Home Department, the official title of the Home Secretary).
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The London Chronicle.
- yottabyte
- you
- you ain't seen nothing yet
- you-all
- you-all's
- you-alls
- you and whose army?
- you and yours
- you are welcome
- you bet
- you betcha
- you (can) bet your boots
- you (can) bet your bottom dollar
- you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can say that again!
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- you can't have your cake and eat it (too)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders