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Perfect or comfortable is the meaning behind snug as a gun.
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Is snug as a gun a figure of speech?
"Snug as a gun," is a figure of English speech. It regards a person or object being highly comfortable and settled in their environment. Its basis is from a firearms being safe and secured (or snug) in a holster, against movement, damage and loss.
What is meant by the phrase 'firing blanks'?
The first meaning could refer to firing a gun with blanks inside of it instead of bullets. The second meaning could refer to a man who is impotent in the bedroom.
What is the phrase gun in Japanese?
銃 Jū
Phrase for when a gun is ready to be fired?
Hot
What is the meaning of the idiomatic expression of troubleshooter?
Troubleshooter isn't an idiom because it's not a phrase. It's SLANG meaning someone who looks for trouble and fixes it. Think of someone with a gun trying to shoot and destroy spots of trouble and you'll see the meaning.
Which has more momentum a train at rest or a bullet fired from a gun?
A bullet fired from a gun
Where does the phrase 'Johnny got his gun' come from?
The phrase "Johnny got his gun" was first popularized by the novel written in 1938 by author Dalton Trumbo. This novel was published in the year 1939.
What are the parts of a typical gun?
Taditionally, this was the "lock, stock, and barrel". The stock or grips permits the shooter to hold the gun, the barrel guides the projectiles. The lock, or action, controls the firing of the cartridge or charge. Lock, stock and barrel has become a phrase meaning the entire thing.
What is the scottish Gaelic for rest in peace?
fois shìorraidh gun robh aig a h-anam(rest her soul in peace)fois shìorraidh gun robh aig a anam(rest his soul in peace)
Origin of the phrase fire when a gun is shot?
Originally, to discharge a gun, you lit the gunpowder, and set the powder on fire- or "fired" it.
What is the meaning for all the dates on a gun?
Those are dates when a portion of the gun was patented.
What does the cowboy slang 'talking iron' mean?
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one means a pistol or gun. The image is of the gun "talking" as it goes off.
