make (one's) bed (up)
make (one's) bed (up)
1. To tidy or rearrange the bedclothes on one's bed after one has slept in it. Would it kill you to make your bed in the morning? It only takes a couple minutes! I never feel like I've properly started the day until I've made my bed up.
2. To prepare a bed for one to sleep in by fitting, arranging, or tidying the bedclothes on it. Your brother and sister are in the two spare rooms, so I made your bed up in the living room. Be sure to make each guest's bed before they arrive.
See also: bed, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
make one's (own) bed
1. Lit. to restore order to the bedclothes on one's own bed. Jimmy, you are old enough to make your own bed.
2. Fig. to be the cause of one's own misery. Well, I guess I made my own bed. Now I have to lie in it. "We all make our own beds," said the minister.
See also: bed, make
make someone's bed (up
) Go to make the bed (up).
See also: bed, make
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
make one’s bed
tv. to be the cause of one’s own misery. Well, I guess I made my own bed. Now I have to lie in it.
See also: bed, make
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- make bed
- make bed (up
- make one’s bed
- make up (one's) bed
- make up the bed
- climb into (something)
- in bed
- fall out of bed
- take to bed
- take to your bed