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Fri 4 Mar, 2011 08:35 pm
I just saw a series about Miss Marple，and met this phrase twice.This series wasn't based on morden life,so I want to know if people still use it .
@SunshineV,
Yes, I use it with my children.
@SunshineV,
It's fairly common.
Good night
Sleep tight
Don't let the bedbugs bite.
@roger,
My dad's version was:
'jama 'jama nighty night
don't let the bedbugs bite.
My dad used to tuck me in at night saying this little ditty. Until recently, I had no idea what bed bugs were.
@SunshineV,
Quote:Is 'sleep tight' used often in daily life?
I only ever use it in nightly life despite being decidely crepuscular.
@Ceili,
Sorry to hear of your new found knowledge.
@SunshineV,
Quote:Is 'sleep tight' used often in daily life?
No; only when someone is about to go to bed
or go to sleep; even then, "
good night" is used more ofen.
@roger,
Thanks roger, but in a way, it's better than what my childhood fears were..
@Phoenix32890,
Maybe the phrase is only used where bedbugs are to be expected. If someone said it to me, I might just stay awake worrying about bedbugs.
@roger,
roger wrote:Maybe the phrase is only used where bedbugs are to be expected. If someone said it to me,
I might just stay awake worrying about bedbugs.
Don't let them get into your fur.
@OmSigDAVID,
Well, of course not. More worried about termites in my wooden leg, though.
I learned it this way from an American friend.
Good night,
sleep tight,
like a bug
in a rug.
@saab,
saab wrote:
I learned it this way from an American friend.
Good night,
sleep tight,
like a bug
in a rug.
He was a deviant.
It was like Roger set forth hereinbefore.
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