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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

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

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst

They had dispossessed Downy of his house, had carried in some grass and leaves for a nest, and were as snug as a bug in a rug.

From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs

When the time comes I'll hitch my horse to the big sleigh; we'll wrap the child up as snug as a bug in a rug; and be over to your house in a jiffy.

From The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey by Donald Ferguson

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