Thread: Get

**Tdol** · 23-Oct-2003, 23:06

I do! ;-(

**RonBee** · 05-Nov-2003, 19:34

Here's an interesting historical tidbit. The phrase make your bed comes from the days when people literally made their beds every night. (Typically, such beds were straw mattresses that were rolled up and stored next to a wall when not occupied.) The expression get up, meaning get out of bed was probably even more relevant then.

:D

English Idioms
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1697

Brief Verse (Couplets)
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1579

Prepositions
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishwo.../main/prep.htm

**Tdol** · 05-Nov-2003, 21:42

People used to sleep sitting up at some point in history because they believed they would die if they slept horizontally.

**RonBee** · 05-Nov-2003, 22:17

Originally Posted by tdol

People used to sleep sitting up at some point in history because they believed they would die if they slept horizontally.

Which people?

:wink:

**Tdol** · 05-Nov-2003, 23:08

Europeans.

Poll: I hate _____ early in the morning, especially in winter- I don't want to leave my bed.