Saying Cute As A Bug In A Rug

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Saying cute as a bug in a rug.

It was only after the full phrase was used that people started saying as snug as a bug rugs weren t put on the floor until the 19 th century. It is more often heard as snug as a bug in a rug. As you mentioned the rather dizzy but at least logical expression as snug as a bug in a rug does exist. Rug is a tudor word with the same source as rag but henry viii wouldn t have walked on his rugs as they were originally thick woollen bed coverlets pretty much what we would now call blankets.

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Where did the phrase cute as a bug in a rug come from. Dec 3 2013 sorry if i duplicated some pictures. It wasn t until the early 19th century that rugs were put on the. Obsessed with pinterest and luke bryan.

Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary. As cute as a bug s ear. Definition of bug in the idioms dictionary. So if you want cute try a baby panda bug s ears are acute.

This phrase is contemporary and a simply internal rhyme with a literal meaning. It s hard to keep track of them thank you all for the wonderful pins. The expression as cute as a bug in a rug is also quite commonplace. Bugs in rugs can t be said to be either especially sharp witted or cuddly and that odd simile is just a merging of as cute as a bug s ear and as snug as a bug in a rug.

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I do not claim rights to any of these pins. Each world has more than 20 groups with 5 puzzles each. Be as snug as a bug in a rug. What does snug as a bug in a rug expression mean.

As cute as a bug in a rug is an excellent example of a mixed metaphor. Bug the hell out of one bug out bag. As rug has entered the equation it s worth looking at the origin of that too. See other as x as y similes.

This phrase is contemporary and a simply internal rhyme with a literal meaning. Rug isn t so difficult to trace but it does seem odd that the whole phrase as snug as a bug in a rug was used in 1769 before rugs were things that went on floors. Be bitten by the bug. Snug as a bug in a rug phrase.