snug as a bug in a rug en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(colloquial, not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very cosy and comfortable.
"Come to think of it, it must have been inspiration that put me off the main road that night. Otherwise, instead of being here, where would I have been? Half-way to Sydney by now, dead broke and dead to the world. As it is, here I am, snug as a bug in a rug."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 74:"Yes – living here as snug as a bug in a rug," returned Tidkins, chuckling as if he considered the fact to be an excellent joke.
1846, George W.M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 2, London: George Vickers, page 389:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| snug as a bug | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
cute as a bug in a rug · slugabug
Translations (9)
pl jak u Pana Boga za piecem (very cosy and comfortable) · es feliz como una lombriz (very cosy and comfortable) · fr comme un coq en pâte (very cosy and comfortable) · gd cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach (very cosy and comfortable) · hu jól befészkelte magát (very cosy and comfortable) · hu jobb/kényelmesebb helye nem is lehetne (már) (very cosy and comfortable) · ga chomh seascair le lachín i stáca (very cosy and comfortable) · fr comme dans un cocon (very cosy and comfortable) · hu nagyon kényelmes (very cosy and comfortable)