Oost west, thuis best

Meaning: Wherever you travel, home is the best place.

Literally: East, west, home is best

Example: “Drie weken reizen was geweldig, maar oost west, thuis best.” — Three weeks of travel were great, but there's no place like home.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and 3 more languages

English: There's no place like home
French: Rien ne vaut son chez-soi (literally: Nothing is worth one's home)
Spanish: Hogar, dulce hogar (literally: Home, sweet home)
Japanese: 住めば都 (Sumeba miyako) (literally: Where you live becomes the capital)
German: Eigener Herd ist Goldes wert (literally: One's own hearth is worth gold)
Italian: Casa mia, casa mia, per piccina che tu sia, tu mi sembri una badia (literally: My home, however small, seems an abbey to me)
Russian: В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше (V gostyakh khorosho, a doma luchshe) (literally: Visiting is nice, but home is better)
Polish: Wszędzie dobrze, ale w domu najlepiej (literally: It's good everywhere, but best at home)

Origin: Short and rhyming (west, best), it is the Dutch twin of English east or west, home is best.

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