creature comforts
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 comforts
things that make people comfortable. The hotel room was a bit small, but all the creature comforts were there.
See also: comfort, creature
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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.
creature comforts
Creature comforts are all the modern sleeping, eating, and washing facilities that make life easy and pleasant. Each room has its own patio or balcony and provides guests with all modern creature comforts. I'm not a camper — I like my creature comforts too much. Note: An old meaning of `creatures' is material comforts, or things that make you feel comfortable.
See also: comfort, creature
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
creature comforts
Life’s material amenities. The term dates from the seventeenth century; it appears in Thomas Brooks’s Collected Works (1670), and again in Matthew Henry’s 1710 Commentaries on the Psalms (“They have . . . the sweetest relish of their creature comforts”).
See also: comfort, creature
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- creature comfort
- rough it
- the great outdoors
- a home bird
- home bird
- and so on
- creature feature
- feature
- a creature of habit
- creature of habit