creature comfort

creature comforts

Things that one needs in order to feel happy and comfortable. I have a hard time abandoning my creature comforts to go hiking and camping. At a minimum, I need running water!
See also: comfort, creature
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

creature comfort

Something that contributes to physical comfort, such as food, clothing, or housing. For example, Dean always stayed in the best hotels; he valued his creature comforts. This idiom was first recorded in 1659.
See also: comfort, creature
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • creature comforts
  • rough it
  • the great outdoors
  • a home bird
  • home bird
  • and so on
  • creature feature
  • feature
  • a creature of habit
  • creature of habit
References in periodicals archive
Creature Comfort characters are fronting the Countryside Code education pack, now available online
Following on the heels of ever-luxurious airplane cabins, automotive interiors are becoming the new living rooms, spaces not just for getting from point A to point B, but entire environments decked out with every creature comfort.
I suppose they can be quite hard to find but Creature Comfort sell them so I get the food there.
Even the Accord is no longer a fuel-efficient econobox." The moral of the story: There are limits to what Americans will sacrifice for fuel efficiency and their bottom-line demands include air bags, side-impact bars, four-cylinder engines, and a certain level of creature comfort.
www.primark.co.uk Creature comfort This little fella will protect you from the cold.
The company is showcasing crockery-styled dinnerware and kitchen basics for people, and a new line called Creature Comfort Creations for pets.
Relive the early years of Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace & Gromit, with a superb compilation of the studio's early work including all 11 Creature Comfort Heat Electric TV adverts, the short film Wat's Pig, anarchic children's duo Pib & Pob, a cat singing Nina Simone in My Baby Just Cares For Me and a series of Conversation Pieces.
"What has been destroyed are the props and sets used for the Creature Comfort series, which is obviously a tragedy.
Bristol-based Aardman Animations, which is also behind the current ITV Creature Comfort series, is to feature its most famous characters in a feature film The Curse Of The Wererabbit.
Of the UK's university students, 19% named their television as the 'creature comfort' they cannot live without, compared to only 7% who chose a photo of their parents.
CREATURE COMFORT: This old Sunbeam Talbot II coupe was used in the drama All Creatures Great And Small and is now being auctioned
All vehicles have light alloys wheels and rear air suspension with comfortable cabs, fully equipped with every creature comfort, including leather upholstery and a fridge.
''I'm looking forward to involving the children, talking about the process of how the Creature Comfort models are made and how the films are made.
The free service, which kicked off with episodes of BBC1's Morph from 1981 and the ground-breaking Creature Comfort commercials from 1989, will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Paddy likes his creature comforts - 'Not now Paddy, you're in Ethiopia!' It was a shock for him, but it was nice to see someone seeing all these things for the first time, like he's literally just opened his eyes.