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Sleep tight
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Goodnight,
sleep tight
Don't let the bedbugs bite
Why do we say "sleep tight"?
TIA?
sleep tight
Don't let the bedbugs bite
Why do we say "sleep tight"?
TIA?
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It dates back to the days when beds were constructed from criss-crossed roped slung between the sides of the bed frame. over time, the ropes would slacken with the weight of the sleeper giving a bowed matress support, and a bad night.
If you 'slept tight', you were on a bed that had just had its ropes tightened, so you were assured of a good night's sleep.
If you 'slept tight', you were on a bed that had just had its ropes tightened, so you were assured of a good night's sleep.
Click here for the opinion of Michael Quinion, a noted etymologist and lexicographer...ie word/phrase expert. He suggests that Andy's idea above is a possible origin but suspects that the phrase is much too recent for that to be the case. Given the dates quoted, so do I.