- make the (bed) springs creak
- to copulateThe usual bed2 imagery. The springs may also squeak under the same provocation:We've been married a long time and made the springs creak times without number. (Fraser, 1971)'It would improve everyone present if the bedsprings squeaked a bit more often.' 'Let's leave sex until after tea,' said Treece. (Bradbury, 1976)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.