snug as a bug in a rug

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snug as a bug in a rug (not comparable)

  1. (simile, colloquial) Very cosy and comfortable.
    • 1846, George W.M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 2, London: George Vickers, page 389:
      "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.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 74:
      "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."

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