Home & living
on your doorstep
very close to home
If something is on your doorstep, it is very close to where you live.
Hear it in real life
Do you have to travel far for a walk?
No, there is a lovely park on our doorstep.
There is a small gym right on my doorstep.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: There’s a supermarket in front of my doorstep.
Say: There’s a supermarket on my doorstep.
Learners may translate “near my home” too literally and use “in front of” where this phrase uses “on.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be on your doorstep; right on your doorstep
Your turn: say it out loud
There is a small gym right on my doorstep.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
on your doorstep
very close to home
“There is a small gym right on my doorstep.”
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