air bed »
inflatable mattress
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ark ruffian »
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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at peace with »
Not disturbed or upset by.
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bed down »
To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.
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bed down »
To put an animal to rest for the night.
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bed of roses »
A comfortable or luxurious position.
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bed of roses »
A pleasant or easy situation.
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beddable »
Sexually attractive.
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beddable »
[...] feminine, great body great legs great taste, trained and beddable, Jesus, how beddable.
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beddy-bye »
Bedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.
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call it a night »
To go to bed to sleep.
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crab mentality »
A way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.
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don't let the bedbugs bite »
Used to wish a person a good night's sleep.
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doss down »
To sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.
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early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise »
platitude from Benjamin Franklin under the pseudonym Poor Richard.
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every man has a price »
Everyone can be bribed or corrupted for a certain price.
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flutter in the dovecote »
A disturbance, usually one caused within a prescribed group of people.
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four poster »
bed
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get into trouble »
To perform an action which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed and to become subject to punishment for such action.
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get out of bed on the wrong side »
To start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason.
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have the wind up »
To be frightened or disturbed.
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hit the hay »
To go to bed.
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hit the sack »
To go to bed.
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hothouse »
An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.
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in bed »
Lying on a bed, especially under some bedsheets.
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in bed with »
Engaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly.
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in bed with »
Sharing one's bed with.
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lay down »
To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
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legal duty »
A duty prescribed by the law, to act or forbear from acting.
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little pitchers have big ears »
Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).
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love nest »
A room, especially a bedroom or boudoir, used for sexual intercourse.
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night owl »
One who stays up late at night or goes to bed late.
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nightcap »
A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.
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on one's deathbed »
Close to death.
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out of kilter »
Disturbed; out of order; not working or adjusted properly.
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parting shot »
An insult or barbed comment issued as the speaker departs or the conversation comes to an end.
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sleep together »
To be intimate with another person in the same bed.
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sleep with »
To share a bed or bedroom with.
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spare the rod and spoil the child »
If one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.
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stay up »
To remain awake, to not go to bed.
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stew in one's juices »
To be alone and self-absorbed in an uncomfortable state of mind, especially while experiencing the unpleasant effects of one's own actions.
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strange bedfellows »
An unusual combination or political alliance.
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test bed »
Any venue, setup, etc. used for experimentation, testing, proving a concept, etc.
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there you have it »
Used to introduce a speaker's interpretation of what has just transpired or been described.
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touch off »
To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
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tuck in »
To bed.
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turn in »
To go to sleep; retire to bed.
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wake up on the wrong side of bed »
To feel grumpy, irritable; to be easily annoyed.
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walk the line »
To behave in an authorized or socially accepted manner, especially as prescribed by law or morality; to exercise self-control.
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what it says on the tin »
Exactly what is described or what one would expect from the name.
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yes-man »
A person of unquestioning obedience.
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you made your bed, now sleep in it »
A moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into.
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you make the bed you lie in »
A person's circumstances are normally the result of his or her own actions.
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