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ALL meanings of get up on the wrong side of the bed

get up on the wrong side of the bed
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  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the bedstead alone. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the marital relationship. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed any resting place: making his bed under a tree. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed something resembling a bed in form or position. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed a piece or area of ground in a garden or lawn in which plants are grown. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed an area in a greenhouse in which plants are grown. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the plants in such areas. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the bottom of a lake, river, sea, or other body of water. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed a piece or part forming a foundation or base. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed a layer of rock; a stratum. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or the like: a gravel bed for the roadway. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed Building Trades. the underside of a stone, brick, slate, tile, etc., laid in position. the upper side of a stone laid in position. the layer of mortar in which a brick, stone, etc., is laid. the natural stratification of a stone: a stone laid on bed. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed Furniture. skirt (def 6b). 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed the flat surface in a printing press on which the form of type is laid. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed Transportation. the body or, sometimes, the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed Chemistry. a compact mass of a substance functioning in a reaction as a catalyst or reactant. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed Sports. the canvas surface of a trampoline. the smooth, wooden floor of a bowling alley. the slate surface of a billiard table to which the cloth is fastened. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed Zoology. flesh enveloping the base of a claw, especially the germinative layer beneath the claw. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed Also called mock, mock mold. Shipbuilding. a shaped steel pattern upon which furnaced plates for the hull of a vessel are hammered to shape. 1
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed bed and board. 1
  • verb with object get up on the wrong side of the bed to provide with a bed. 1
  • verb with object get up on the wrong side of the bed to put to bed. 1
  • verb with object get up on the wrong side of the bed Horticulture. to plant in or as in a bed. 1
  • verb with object get up on the wrong side of the bed to lay flat. 1
  • verb with object get up on the wrong side of the bed to place in a bed or layer: to bed oysters. 1
  • verb with object get up on the wrong side of the bed to embed, as in a substance: bedding the flagstones in concrete. 1
  • verb with object get up on the wrong side of the bed to take or accompany to bed for purposes of sexual intercourse. 1
  • verb without object get up on the wrong side of the bed to have sleeping accommodations: He says we can bed there for the night. 1
  • verb without object get up on the wrong side of the bed Geology. to form a compact layer or stratum. 1
  • verb without object get up on the wrong side of the bed (of a metal structural part) to lie flat or close against another part. 1
  • verb without object get up on the wrong side of the bed Archaic. to go to bed. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed get up on the wrong side of the bed, to be irritable or bad-tempered from the start of a day: Never try to reason with him when he's gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed go to bed, to retire, especially for the night. to engage in sexual relations. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed go to bed with, to have sexual intercourse with. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed in bed, beneath the covers of a bed. engaged in sexual intercourse. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed jump / get into bed with, to form a close, often temporary, alliance, usually with an unlikely ally: Industry was charged with jumping into bed with labor on the issue. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed make a bed, to fit a bed with sheets and blankets. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed make one's bed, to be responsible for one's own actions and their results: You've made your bed—now lie in it. 1
  • idioms get up on the wrong side of the bed put to bed, to help (a child, invalid, etc.) go to bed. Printing. to lock up (forms) in a press in preparation for printing. to work on the preparation of (an edition of a newspaper, periodical, etc.) up to the time of going to press. 1
  • verb get up on the wrong side of the bed (Idiomatic) To feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason. 0
  • noun get up on the wrong side of the bed to be cross or grouchy 0
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