snug as a bug in a rug

English

Alternative forms

• snug as a bug

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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."

Related terms

• cute as a bug in a rug

Translations

very cosy and comfortable

• Hungarian: nagyon kényelmes, jobb/kényelmesebb helye (már) nem is lehetne, jól befészkelte magát
• Polish: jak u Pana Boga za piecem (pl) (adverb)
• Russian: ка́к у Христа́ за па́зухой (ru) (kak u khrista za pazukhoi, literally “like at Christ's chest”), тепло́, светло́, и му́хи не куса́ют (t'eplo, sv'etlo, i mukhi ne kusayut, literally “It's warm and light, the flies don't bite”) (colloquial), как до́ма (kag doma, literally “like (at) home”)
• Scottish Gaelic: cho seasgair ri luchag ann an cruach