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Phrase(s): Men make houses, women make homes.
Prov. Men are often the ones who build or acquire houses for their families, but women provide the things that make a house into a home. • When William moved into his own apartment, his mother insisted on choosing and arranging the furniture and decorations for him. "Men make houses, women make homes," she said, "and I want you to have a home as nice as the one you grew up in."
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs