VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Charity begins at home

Meaning:

Charity begins at home is a proverb. It means that, before deciding to take care of other people, one's family should be one's foremost concern.

Examples:

  • We have a saying in my country: ‘charity begins at home’.
  • I suppose she does not know charity begins at home.
  • You always said charity begins at home.
  • You know, Sabrina, charity begins at home.
  • But I believe charity begins at home.
  • State the economy's in, charity begins at home.
  • They do say charity begins at home.
  • In times of crisis, it is natural that many people would say that charity begins at home.
  • Firstly, charity begins at home, and in the countries that will one day be part of that home.
  • We call for actions that leave no doubt that we reject particularism, protectionism and the 'charity begins at home' mentality.