snug as a bug in a rug
Meaning: Very warm and comfortable.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “Wrapped in blankets by the fire, the baby was snug as a bug in a rug.”
Category: Animals
Origin: A rhyming comparison found in the 18th century; Benjamin Franklin used it in a 1772 letter. Earlier, rhymes like "snug as a bee in a box" existed.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: Le dos au feu et le ventre à table — literally: Back to the fire and belly to the table
More idioms — Animals
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- walk into the lion's den — To go deliberately into a dangerous or hostile place.
- an old sea dog — An experienced old sailor.
- have eyes like a hawk — To have very sharp eyesight, or to notice every detail.
- for donkey's years — For a very long time.
More English idioms
- breathe down someone's neck — To watch someone too closely, or to be close behind them.
- at cross purposes — To misunderstand each other or work toward conflicting goals.
- a Bible thumper — A person who is aggressively or tiresomely religious.
- be a doormat — To let others treat one badly without protest.
- thick as thieves — Very close friends who share secrets.
- separate the wheat from the chaff — To distinguish what is valuable from what is worthless.
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