This is as good a place as any to ask: what does it mean to "make your bed"? I've been hearing this expression for years, and always have a vague impression of

This is as good a place as any to ask: what does it mean to "make your bed"? I've been hearing this expression for years, and always have a vague impression of arranging your blankets, pillows, etc., neat and tidy - but that's just my assumption based on context. Growing up in India in the 90s, we generally made our beds (in a more literal sense) in the night: unrolling a dried grass mat [1] on the floor, a few blankets on top of that (a woollen one in the middle if it's winter), and a pillow or two. In the morning, the blankets were folded, mat rolled up, pillows and everything stashed away in a shelf until it's night again. The first time I came across this expression, I thought this is what they meant - to make this contraption in the morning itself! [1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dried+grass+mat&iax=images&ia=images&iar=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2F5.imimg.com%2Fdata5%2FHD%2FNV%2FHS%2FANDROID-29415815%2Fproduct-jpeg-500x500.jpg&pn=1 https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dried+grass+mat&iax=images&ia=imag...