Bedsheet is all messed up. Make it up

[tufguy]

We make up beds. Am I correct?

Do we say "Bedsheet is all messed up. Make it up"?

 

[Tarheel]

Close. The expression is "Make the bed".

 

[emsr2d2]

For me, there are two different verbs here - one without "up" and one with it. If we say "Make the bed", it usually means "Put the sheets etc that are already on the bed into a neater position". With "up", I would expect the sheets etc to be somewhere else (such as in a cupboard or on a chair near the bed). If I were expecting an overnight guest at home, I might say to someone "Please go and make up the spare bed ready for Helen's arrival".

 

[Rover_KE]

Do we say "The bedsheet is all messed up. Make it up"?

No. We say 'The bedclothes are all messed up. Straighten them.'

Or 'The bedding is all messed up. Straighten it'.