hit the sack
hit the sack or hit the hay
Meaning:
- to go to bed
- to go to sleep
Example:
- I am really tired after all that exercise. I am going to hit the sack.
- After the long road trip, we were all dead tired and ready to hit the hay as soon as we reached home.
- This job is really sucking the life out of me. I haven’t hit the sack in nearly twenty four hours!
- Before I hit the sack, I make it a point to check whether all the doors are locked and all the lights are turned off everyday.
- He wanted to hit the sack and did not feel like going out to party with his friends.
- They’ve already hit the sack as they have to catch an early morning flight tomorrow.
- Even though he had hit the hay long back, he continued to toss and turn in his bed and couldn’t get any sleep.
- After I hit the sack, I read for sometime before turning off the lights and going to sleep.
Origin:
This phrase originated in America around the late 1800s to early 1900s, when mattresses used to consist of old sacks filled with hay or straw.
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