doesn't it make more sense? i mean you gotta mess it up before you can fix it, right?
2006-06-18 05:46:39 · 7 answers · asked by melissa 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think it is because you actually have to "sleep" in something you have done. You don´t have to fix anything. I think the meaning of the saying is that you have to live with things you´ve done. Since you´ve made the bed...so try to sleep in it.
2006-06-18 05:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by NEOFROZENED 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.at Bartleby.com, You’ve made your bed, now lie in it
refers to
You made a decision and now must accept its consequences. 1
‡ This expression is commonly used as a response to people who have been complaining about problems they have brought on themselves.
According to popular thought, you slept in your bed, now make it is simply a stated request by parents etc, and has no other meaning except what it says.
2006-06-18 05:58:03 · answer #2 · answered by copycat_62692 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure both are said about the same. Just depends on the context. If it's a moral action it's now sleep in it, if it's your mom then ofcourse it's now make it.
2006-06-18 09:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning...say you make your bed with itchy scratchy carboard sheets. You're going to have to sleep in it. Uncomfortable or not. You shouldn't have made it was scratchy sheets then.
2006-06-18 05:57:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a figure of speech......you chose to do something (good or bad), now you pay the consequences of your actions.
It makes good sense BOTH ways.
2006-06-18 05:51:12 · answer #5 · answered by DrDave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're a mom, you spend your entire life saying both things
2006-06-18 05:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by PuterPrsn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, buncha pessimists!
2006-06-18 05:49:27 · answer #7 · answered by Cap'n Donna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋