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in the bosom of

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in the bosom of someone (literary)

if you are in the bosom of a group of people, especially your family, you are with people who love you and make you feel safe. She was glad to be home again, back in the bosom of her family.

in the bosom of someone/something

in a safe or comfortable place, esp. with family. How often had I dreamed about being back in the bosom of my family?

Etymology: based on the idea of a mother holding her baby against her bosom (= breast)

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As I lay resting in the bosom of a cowslip that bent above the brook, a little wind, tired of play, told me this tale of Flower Fables by Alcott, Louisa May View in context The coffin laid upon two line-tubs, between the vice-bench and the open hatchway; the Carpenter calking its seams; the string of twisted oakum slowly unwinding from a large roll of it placed in the bosom of his frock. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context In his right pocket he had his letter of credit, in the left, his passport, and in a small leathern purse some double louis d'or, carefully sewn up in the bosom of his waistcoat. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context More results

References in classic literature

As I lay resting in the bosom of a cowslip that bent above the brook, a little wind, tired of play, told me this tale of

Flower Fables by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

The coffin laid upon two line-tubs, between the vice-bench and the open hatchway; the Carpenter calking its seams; the string of twisted oakum slowly unwinding from a large roll of it placed in the bosom of his frock.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

In his right pocket he had his letter of credit, in the left, his passport, and in a small leathern purse some double louis d'or, carefully sewn up in the bosom of his waistcoat.

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context

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