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Meaning of an Englishman's home is his castle in English

an Englishman's home is his castle

idiom UK old-fashioned saying
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used to say that English people believe that they should control what happens in their own homes, and that no one else should tell them what to do there
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(Definition of an Englishman's home is his castle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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in Chinese (Traditional)
英國人的家就是他的城堡（指英國人認爲在自己的家裡有權做自己想做的事情）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
英国人的家就是他的城堡（指英国人认为在自己的家里有权做自己想做的事情）…
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