bedtime story

bedtime story

1. A book or story that a child is read or told before going to sleep. The kids always clamor for one more bedtime story—anything to avoid having to go to sleep.
2. A lie or made-up story. I know he's telling me bedtime stories to avoid admitting his mistakes.
See also: bedtime, story
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bedtime story

verb
See fairy tale
See also: bedtime, story
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • bedtime
  • have whiskers
  • sting in the tail
  • a sting in the tail
  • cockamamie story
  • scare story
  • a tale never loses in the telling
  • tale never loses in the telling
  • it's a long story
  • have grown whiskers
References in periodicals archive
Judith Parke, from the National Literacy Trust (NLT), said: "Reading a regular bedtime story to children is a simple activity that encourages children to enjoy reading and gets them into good reading habits that will set them up for the future.
can to | THE Book People is running a Bedtime Story competition in partnership with Save the Children.
The singer and co-presenter of The Greatest Dancer said of her five-year-old: "I've always made time with my daughter, Azura, for a bedtime story.
George took to Facebook today, March 6 (March 5 in the United States) where she once again read a bedtime story to her students.
Another said: "The bedtime story sessions were great.
A child specialist Rao Maqbool added, a bedtime story can be so rewarding for young children.
A bedtime story also exercises the child's listening skills and helps build upon his attention span as well.
A VERSION of CBeebies' Bedtime Story read by rocker Josh Homme has been put on hold after a photographer claimed he kicked her during a concert.
"Goodnight Spaceman" is a bedtime story from an educational series with a payload of space age information and education, in addition to glamorous space related skills, knowledge, and activities.
Tony Ross; I WANT A BEDTIME STORY!; Anderson Press USA (Children's: Picture Books) 17.99 ISBN: 9781512416299
Jemima and Jake then take responsibility for their babysitter, reading HER a bedtime story and sending her off to bed.
On the many nights she spent alone, Sanchez Paulsen wrote what she describes as the most important bedtime story she'll ever tell: a fantastical tale about a young elf who joins with his brothers to battle dragons as they visit their mother in the land of the fairies.
I realised, since HarperCollins were taking the risk of publishing this, I might as well ask them to print a play of mine which had not been published for almost 40 years ( Bedtime Story ).
Everyone enjoys a good bedtime story. Growing up with tales A of princesses, heroes or fantastic creatures has intrigued or soothed many a youngster to sleep.
But no amount of words could have said as much as seeing a high school student wipe her eyes of tears as she remembered a time when a teacher read her a bedtime story. And we doubt there are many words that could truly convey what Ann Marie Richardson meant to those she left behind.