DAILY UPDATED IDIOMS WITH PICTURES. hit the hay | hit the sack

hit the hay | hit the sack /hit the hay 

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For example:

Meaning: If you hit the hay, or hit the sack, you go to bed.

• It's after midnight so it's time I hit the hay.
• You look really tired. What time did you hit the sack last night?

Origin: Probably related to the fact that in the U.S.A. in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century mattresses often consisted of old sacks filled with hay or straw.

Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:

I'd better hit the hay. I have to

finish this job right now Click for answer c.  feed the horses get up early in the morning ENGLISHCLUB.COM

Verb

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hit the sack - prepare for sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He goes to bed at the crack of dawn" crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, kip down,sack out, turn in, bed, retire bed down, bunk down - go to bed; "We bedded down at midnight"

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