Meanings
alternative snug as a bug
- colloquialnot comparablesimileVery cosy and comfortable.
"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 3891 more example
"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
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
French comme dans un cocon, comme un coq en pâte
- comme dans un coconvery cosy and comfortable
- comme un coq en pâtevery cosy and comfortable
Hungarian nagyon kényelmes, jobb/kényelmesebb helye nem is lehetne (már)
- nagyon kényelmesvery cosy and comfortable
- jobb/kényelmesebb helye nem is lehetne (már)very cosy and comfortable
- jól befészkelte magátvery cosy and comfortable
Irish chomh seascair le lachín i stáca
- chomh seascair le lachín i stácavery cosy and comfortable
Polish jak u Pana Boga za piecem
- jak u Pana Boga za piecemvery cosy and comfortable
Scottish Gaelic cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach
- cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruachvery cosy and comfortable
Spanish feliz como una lombriz
- feliz como una lombrizvery cosy and comfortable
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