| Idiom | Snug as a Bug in a Rug |
|---|---|
| Example | Grandma tucked her in, as snug as a bug in a rug, shut off the lights, and tiptoed out of the room. |
| Meaning | cozy and comfortable; safe and secure |
| Origin | For centuries writers have looked for clever ways to express feelings of warm comfort and contentment. In William Shakespeare's time (around the year 1600), people said "snug as pigs in pease-straw." But "snug as a bug in a rug" is a perfect expression because it contains three rhyming words. Benjamin Franklin used the phrase in a letter he wrote in 1772. The "bug" referred to was probably moth larvae or a carpet beetle peacefully snoozing inside a rolled-up rug (which in Franklin's time could have meant either a carpet or a blanket). |
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