under the sheets
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7.2
- idiom
- NSFW
:
bajo las sábanas
- I dug around for my underwear under the sheets.
- slip under the sheets
- curled up under the sheets
- crawl under the sheets
And then maybe you, you know, you know, maybe you or or don't or do this lay under the sheets.
- And then maybe you, you know, you know, maybe you or or don't or do this lay under the sheets.
Examples
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A woman lies half under the sheets.
Fiction book (1996) -
But inside, under the sheets, all was dark and formless.
Fiction book (1997) -
Take off your clothes and get under the sheets.
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The rest of her body is under the sheets.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Jane sings as she slips down under the sheets.
Fiction book (1996) -
She was hidin' under the sheets.
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Sitting up under the sheets, her thin legs were draped in linen like a Giotto Christ.
Fiction book (1997) -
After a long day, I love to relax under the sheets with a good book.
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She felt safe and comfortable under the sheets, away from the worries of the world.
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They whispered sweet nothings to each other while cuddled under the sheets.
Synonyms
19
2.3
In bed covered by blankets to stay warm and comfortable
Antonyms
How Covered
19
2.3
- NSFW
3
7.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from the spatial preposition 'under' + 'the sheets' and will be understood by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words as 'beneath the bedcovers / in bed'. Any additional pragmatic nuance of privacy or intimacy is inferable from context but the core locative meaning is fully compositional and cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Under the sheets shows the simple image of someone hiding or lying beneath soft sheets for warmth or privacy. So, because being under the sheets is private and cozy, the phrase means 'in bed' or 'in private/intimate moments'.