2007-06-09 09:42:16 · 5 answers · asked by willow 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED - "The wrong side of the bed is the left side, according to a superstition that goes back to the time of the Romans. People have been saying other people 'got up on the wrong side of the bed,' 'awoke surly or grouchy,' for well over three centuries now, usually not knowing the real meaning of what they are saying, but the equally old expression 'got up left foot forward' tells the story. The supposedly sinister nature of the left is reflected in many English superstitions and expressions, such as the belief that it is unlucky to put your left shoe first, or to walk into a house left foot first. The Romans, especially Augustus Caesar, were very careful that they got up on the right side of the bed, but there is no evidence that they were less grouchy than anyone else." From "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
2007-06-09 09:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The wrong side of the bed is the one that leaves you grumpy and unsociable first thing in the morning (my own has two wrong sides). There are many similar expressions that begin the wrong side of ..., of which the original seems to be wrong side of the blanket for a child born illegitimately. Some others are getting on the wrong side of somebody, the wrong side of the law, laughing on the wrong side of one’s mouth, and on the wrong side of forty (or thirty, or fifty, or almost any age, really).
All express the idea that there are good and bad aspects of any situation. A well-known American example, the wrong side of the tracks, is the only one of the set that seems to be based in a real, physical location.
Some writers say there was once a superstition that to get out of bed on the left side, the sinister side, led to bad luck, but this sounds like a well-meaning attempt to explain the mysterious. If there ever was such a belief, it’s not reflected in the recorded use of the expression, which is actually not that old; it seems to have been derived from another phrase of similar type.
2007-06-09 10:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by Kathi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong Side Of Bed
2016-11-07 05:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by benavidez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several answers to this one. One comes from the old fashioned pre-indoor plumbing days when a person used a bucket or "pot" to urinate into in the middle of the night. You can guess as to the results of waking up and getting up on that side of the bed!Another comes from the old sailing ship days when getting out of ones bunk incorrectly lead to numerous and slightly laughable results also. The only other one that comes to mind right now is from very old military times when on one side you had (if you were fortunate enough to have one that is) either the tent wall or your weapons lying next to you. I can only imagine the antics of some poor foot solders back in those days rolling out of his sleeping blankets an onto his sword or spear. Or worse, his quiver of arrows!
2007-06-09 09:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by mangamaniaciam 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It came form me this morning.
Yes in fact i got out of the wrong side of the bed today and i dont no why? Does any1 no from a guess why?
2007-06-09 10:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by lil wally 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋