bedbug

(as) crazy as a bedbug

Insane. Often used jocularly. Primarily heard in US. Don't leave me alone with Uncle Stu, he's crazy as a bedbug!
See also: bedbug, crazy

don't let the bedbugs bite

cliché Sleep soundly and well. Part of the sing-song rhyme "good night, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite," usually said to a child. I'll see you in the morning, love. Don't let the bedbugs bite!
See also: bedbug, bite, let
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

crazy as a bedbug

AMERICAN, INFORMAL
If you describe someone as crazy as a bedbug, you mean that their behaviour is very strange or silly. By now she'd concluded that Peters was crazy as a bedbug. Note: Bedbugs are small wingless insects that live in beds and bedding. They feed by biting people and sucking their blood.
See also: bedbug, crazy
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
See also:
  • (as) crazy as a bedbug
  • crazy as a bedbug
  • crazy as a loon
  • peach
  • (as) crazy as a peach-orchard boar
  • orchard
  • boar
  • loon
  • crazy in the head
  • crazy as a betsy bug
References in periodicals archive
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The lawsuit points to Erickson Living's website, which touts "maintenance-free apartment homes" andpromises residents won't have to worry about surprise costs for home repairs, to argue that the defendant should not have to pay the $20,000 cost the companies said was needed to remediate the bedbug infestation.
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But their trip to celebrate Christine's birthday turned into a nightmare when they were attacked by vicious bedbugs.
But Sue's sweet dreams quickly turned to horrific, blood-sucking nightmares because the mattress was full of hungry bedbugs.
According to Specialty Products Consultants, which monitors the global pest management industry, revenues derived from bedbug control have risen 5.6 per cent over the last year, a trend that is expected to continue.
However, when we got a bedbug infestation, Sally said it was our fault.