on home ground , also: on home soil

1983 also saw the first time they lost a final on home ground.

He is on home ground, and we are not.

At last he felt as though he was on home ground.

You will find me less of a monster now we are on home ground."

Many of us would recognize these woe-burdened children on home ground.

They conspire to find a reason to keep Nick on home ground.

But he was on home ground, while the assassins were in a strange environment.

We also did not often show ourselves to the people, except in small canvasses on home ground.

Murder is okay on home ground, is that what you say?

'I am to some extent on home ground there,' she said, reluctantly and not looking at him.

But, also, he feels more constrained on home ground.

Even allowing for the pound being on home ground that is a sizeable difference.

There's a lot of personal pride at stake within the parachuting world because we're on home ground.

Here a sudden threat can arrive on home ground.

It would have been wonderful ball playing for a team to play on home grounds and we were doing the full circuit of the league.

He was back on home ground, dealing with them

When he saw the cap badges he felt himself to be on home ground.

"He told me that's why he came back to die on home ground, so to speak.

The bagman-fox, now on home ground, had delayed them by running up a long culvert.

And now here he was, by all accounts, shipwrecking himself again, and on home ground, too.

On their new albums, they're back on home ground, but irrevocably changed.

Once again an Icelander has triumphed on home ground.

But I was on home ground now.

The first contact must be on home ground'?"

he asked, not looking around, sure of himself on home ground.