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单词 safe as a bug in a rug
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(as) safe as a bug in a rug
b. (as) safe as a bug in a rug: secure from harm; cf. snug as a bug in a rug (snug adj.1 2b).
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a1815 W. Hutton Life & Hist. Family (1816) 137 The doctor..said, ‘You are as safe as a bug in a rug’.
1878 E. B. Tuttle Border Tales vi. 134 ‘Heavenly Father! are we safe?’ ‘Safe as a bug in a rug,’ said Bond.
1906 W. Woods Billy the Kid in America's Lost Plays (1940) VIII. iv. 245 No one ever comes this way and ye would be as safe as a bug in a rug as long as ye wanted to remain.
1928 H. Lauder Roamin' in Gloamin' xvii. 206 If yer name's on a shell or a bullet you'll get it an' if it's no yer as safe as a bug in a rug!
2006 C. Adair Edge of Fear xv. 141 If she and her father hadn't had a falling-out, she'd be safe as a bug in a rug..in his hideaway in Matera right now.
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