only a comfortable home

language: fr

definitions

  1. A residence that provides physical ease, relaxation, and warmth but lacks luxury, significant wealth, or high social status.
    fr: Seulement un foyer confortable
  2. A phrase used to minimize the importance of a residence, suggesting it is insufficient or trivial compared to other ambitions or achievements.
    fr: Juste un foyer confortable (insignifiant)

examples

  1. He has no grand estate or vast fortune; he has only a comfortable home.

    Il n'a ni grand domaine ni vaste fortune ; il n'a qu'un foyer confortable.

  2. To the ambitious businessman, having only a comfortable home was not enough to satisfy his hunger for power.

    Pour l'homme d'affaires ambitieux, n'avoir qu'un foyer confortable ne suffisait pas à satisfaire sa soif de pouvoir.