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The good Son returns home

The good Son returns home it is a popular saying which means “going back to doing something you were used to”. It is also widely used when someone goes back to doing things they didn't do anymore, which can generate admiration from many people.

There are several ways to use the expression, check out the examples below.

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Example 1

Maria Eduarda always stayed at her friend Ana Beatriz's house, but from a few months ago, she didn't appear there anymore. Yesterday Maria made a surprise visit to Ana, and when she opened the door, she said: The good Son returns home!

Example 2

Thays always goes out with her friends Laura and Yasmim to drink Lemonade and eat Fried pastry, but because of a promise, Thays stopped drinking juices. One day, Thays met her friends and asked for the lemonade again, so Laura and Yasmim said to her: The good Son returns home!

Why is there no crasis in the letter A?

In the new spelling of Portuguese language, the crasis is used to indicate that there is a union between a definite article and an equal preposition (a + a = à).

However, in the sentence “the good son makes the house”, the word “the” is a preposition, and it is reacting with the verb “to make”. In this way, the son is returning to a symbolic “home”, so there is no need for a definite article.

Origin of expression

The meaning of “the good son returns home” can be found in Holy Bible, at Parable of the Prodigal Son.

According to biblical stories, a man had two sons and left his inheritance to the youngest, who spent all the money in the world, because he had no sense.

With that, came the meaning of prodigal son: wasteful, who spends all his money on trifles. After finishing all the inheritance, the prodigal son returns to his father, and he, very happy, decides to have a party, in celebration of his son's return.

The eldest son refuses to participate in the party, and the father tries to justify that the love for both of them children was always the same, saying that he was on his side, and everything that belonged to the father also belonged to he.

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