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snug as a bug in a rug

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  1. Very cozy and comfortable, as in During the blizzard we had plenty of firewood and stayed in the cottage, snug as a bug in a rug. This expression, thought to allude to a moth larva happily feeding inside a rolled-up carpet, was first recorded in 1769 and probably owes its long life to the rhyme.


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Yes, I may look like a nut inside my home, but I’m as snug as a bug in a rug.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

As the saying goes, keep them snug as a bug in a rug.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2022

When you get the shade down and the shutters closed a blanket will fix them snug as a bug in a rug.

From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

Gee, it looks as snug as a bug in a rug!

From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

Whiles she'll be sittin' hame, snug as a bug in a rug, waitin' fer callers, her ear cocked for the sound o' the knock on her door.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

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