What does "My night was nothing to write home about" mean? — Chinny, Nigeria
Answer
The idiom "nothing to write home about" means "not very good or appealing" or "ordinary." So "My night was nothing to write home about" means that the night was ordinary, or that nothing special or exciting happened. It was not very good or appealing.
Here are more examples of "nothing to write home about" used in sentences:
The new restaurant is nothing to write home about. [=the food/service isn't very good]
We expected the movie to be great but it was nothing to write home about. [=it was ordinary]
The party was nothing to write home about—there wasn't any music or food.
His career was nothing to write home about; he only ever played small parts in B movies.
