there is safety in numbers
- there is safety in numbers
Now much more general in its application than its possible biblical source: PROVERBS xi.14 (AV) In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
1680 BUNYAN Mr. Badman 133 I verily think, (since in the multitude of Counsellors there is safety) that if she had acquainted the Congregation with it,..she had had more peace.
1816 J. AUSTEN Emma II. i. She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers.
1914 T. DREISER Titan xvii. He was beginning to run around with other women. There was safety in numbers.
2001 Washington Post 12 Sept. C15 (Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe comic strip) ‘Whoever said there’s safety in numbers..never took a math test.’
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there's safety in numbers — there’s safety in numbers phrase used for saying that being with other people makes a situation or activity less dangerous At night, walk home with a friend. There’s safety in numbers. Thesaurus: safe and harmlesssynonym Main entry: safety * * *… … Useful english dictionary
there is safety in numbers — (there is) safety in numbers being in a group reduces risk. We stuck together because we were new in the city and felt there was safety in numbers … New idioms dictionary
there's safety in numbers — ► there s safety in numbers proverb being in a group of people makes you feel more confident or secure about taking action. Main Entry: ↑safety … English terms dictionary
There's safety in numbers. — something that you say which means if people do something difficult or unpleasant together, they are less likely to get harmed or blamed. Working on the principle that there s safety in numbers, we decided we should all go and complain together … New idioms dictionary
there's safety in numbers — used for saying that being with other people makes a situation or activity less dangerous At night, walk home with a friend. There s safety in numbers … English dictionary
safety in numbers — {n. phr.} Protection against trouble by being in a group. * /Peter said, Stay in a group; there is safety in numbers. / … Dictionary of American idioms
safety in numbers — {n. phr.} Protection against trouble by being in a group. * /Peter said, Stay in a group; there is safety in numbers. / … Dictionary of American idioms
safety in numbers — (there is) safety in numbers being in a group reduces risk. We stuck together because we were new in the city and felt there was safety in numbers … New idioms dictionary
safety in numbers — If a lot of people do something risky at the same time, the risk is reduced because there is safety in numbers … The small dictionary of idiomes
safety in numbers — If a lot of people do something risky at the same time, the risk is reduced because there is safety in numbers. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** This expression means that being part of a group makes people feel more secure and more… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
