Complete Definition of "safe and sound"

English
Adjective
en-adj|pos=safe and sound|-

#Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.
#*1594, w:William_Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 4, sc. 4,
#*:Fetch our stuff from thence:
#*:I long that we were safe and sound aboard.

Synonyms
in one piece, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed

Translations

Chinese: �好 (�n h�o), 平� (píng �n), 亳髮��, 亳��伤 (bò f� wú sh�ng)
Dutch: veilig en wel
French: sain et sauf m, saine et sauve f
Interlingua: san e salve
Italian: sano e salvo m, sana e salva f
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Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ساغ � س�����|trsAgh u saleem|scKUchar
Portuguese: são e salvo m, sã e salva f
Russian: в �ело��и и �о��анно��и (v tsélosti i sokhránnosti)
Slovak: živý a zdravý m, živá a zdravá f
Spanish: sano y salvo

References
"safe and sound" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "safe."

fr:safe and sound
ru:safe and sound

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