should have stood in bed

should have stood in bed
should have stood in bed
Fig. an expression used on a bad day, when one should have stayed in one's bed. •

What a horrible day! I should have stood in bed.

The minute I got up and heard the news this morning, I knew I should have stood in bed.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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