Be like/as safe as Fort Knox In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "be like/as safe as Fort Knox", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Lym Nguyen calendar 2020-11-18 02:11

Meaning of Be like/as safe as Fort Knox

Be like/as safe as Fort Knox adjective

To be strongly built, often with many locks, strong doors, guards, etc., so that it is difficult for people to enter and the things kept there are safe

The mansions of almost billionaires are like Fort-Knox because there are plentifully valuable assets inside their house.

About money matter, my mom is as safe as Fort Knox.

Political figures often like to stay in a strongly built and well-protected houses which are as safe as Fort Knox because their lives are often threatened by many factions and parties.

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Grammar and Usage of Be like/as safe as Fort Knox

Verb Forms

  • to be like/as safe as Fort Knox
  • was/were like/as safe as Fort Knox
  • is/are like/as safe as Fort Knox
  • have/has been like/as safe as Fort Knox
  • had been like/as safe as Fort Knox

Origin of Be like/as safe as Fort Knox

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The idiom originates from a real military place in Kentucky, which called Fort Knox. This place stores gold, therefore, it always safeguarded.

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