sit-by-the-fire

English

Noun

sit-by-the-fire (plural sit-by-the-fires)

1. (idiomatic) A person who prefers to stay at home rather than go out and socialize; a homebody.
   • 1926, Ring Lardner, The Love Nest and other stories:

     It's remarkable how marriage changes them. I mean nobody would ever thought ^[sic] Celia Sayles would turn out to be a sit-by-the-fire. I mean she still likes a good time, but her home and kiddies come first. I mean her home and kiddies come first.

   • 1985, James Mallahan Cain, Roy Hoopes, Michael Hinden, 60 Years of Journalism, page 40:

     The moment he allows the emphasis to swing the other way he becomes a sit-by-the-fire, a cockerel, a drone, a henpeck. A woman steps into this man's sphere at her peril.