nobody home
No one is paying attention, as in She threw the ball right past him, yelling “Nobody home!”
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How to use nobody home in a sentence
nobody home, Jerry chirped; house shut up, and old man skipped to town.
The Outdoor Chums in the Big Woods | Quincy AllenOne night early in October he had come home from the games parlor and, finding nobody home, had gone immediately to sleep.
Starman's Quest | Robert SilverbergIt is that scabby baby on the third floor, fallen out of bed again, with nobody home to pick him up.
The Promised Land | Mary AntinTake the ordinary small suburban house, with nobody home and everything supposed to be tightly locked up.
In Jeopardy | Van Tassel Sutphen"nobody home at The Dreamerie—" He took her face in his calloused hands, drew her to him.
Kindred of the Dust | Peter B. Kyne
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