one's bed
1take to one's bed — To go to bed because of illness, grief, age, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑bed * * * stay in bed because of illness …
2keep one's bed — (archaic) To remain in bed • • • Main Entry: ↑bed …
3bed — [bed] n. [ME & OE < IE base * bhedh , to dig > Ger bett, L fossa, ditch, W bedd, Bret béz, a grave; orig. sense “a sleeping hollow in the ground”] 1. a thing for sleeping or resting on; specif., a piece of furniture consisting usually of a… …
4Bed — Bed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedding}.] 1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To make partaker of one s bed; to cohabit with. [1913 Webster] I ll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3 …
5make one's bed and lie in it — To be responsible for what you have done and so to have to accept the bad results. * /Billy smoked one of his father s cigars and now he is sick. He made his bed, now let him lie in it./ Compare: FACE THE MUSIC(2) …
6make one's bed and lie in it — To be responsible for what you have done and so to have to accept the bad results. * /Billy smoked one of his father s cigars and now he is sick. He made his bed, now let him lie in it./ Compare: FACE THE MUSIC(2) …
7make\ one's\ bed\ and\ lie\ in\ it — To be responsible for what you have done and so to have to accept the bad results. Billy smoked one of his father s cigars and now he is sick. He made his bed, now let him lie in it. Compare: face the music(2) …
8toss about in one's bed — change positions in bed frequently, flip over in bed …
9make one's bed and lie in it — be responsible for what one has done and then have to accept the bad results You quit your job and now you have no money. You made your bed. Now you must lie in it …
10make 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. □ “We all make our own beds,” said the minister …
