creature comforts
 衣食


 Crea·ture n.
 1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
    He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him.   --Fuller.
    God's first creature was light.   --Bacon.
 On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
 Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.   --Milton.
 And most attractive is the fair result
 Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.   --Cowper.
 2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.
    The world hath not a sweeter creature.   --Shak.
 3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
    A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen.   --Shak.
    Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.   --Macaulay.
 4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
 Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.

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 creature comforts
      n : things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the
          comforts of home" [syn: comforts, amenities, conveniences]