safe as houses
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very secure.
Example Sentences
- "1808, William Milton, "Memorial", Appendix 6A to Third Report from the Committee on the Highways of the Kingdon, House of Commons papers In objection to this Coach, it is urged by the Coachmen that it looks heavy; and that they had rather break a leg now and then than drive such an ugly thing; but it regularly makes part of their sarcasm, that "It is as safe as a house""
- "The owner of the weapon assured him that he was as safe as houses"
- "The clothes will floor us as safe as houses!"
- "Yes'ir, I'm saved as safe as houses"
- "You could see where your money was, if you owned a house; it was safe, safe as houses, the very phrase, and you couldn't say safer than that unless you brought in the Bank of England which was too big altogether for the local men and their well-warmed nest eggs"