词汇 | hit the hay/sack |
释义 | (redirected from hit the hay/sack)hit the sackTo get into bed and go to sleep. I have to get up early for work tomorrow, so I think I'd better hit the sack. hit the sackINFORMAL orhit the haymainly AMERICAN, INFORMALIf someone hits the sack, they go to bed. We were tired, so we only half-unpacked the car and then hit the sack. Do you want me to take you up to your bed? Are you ready to hit the hay? Note: In the past, people sometimes used sacks and hay as bedding. hit the sackgo to bed. informalhit the ˈsack/ˈhay(informal) go to bed: I think it’s time to hit the sack. Sack and hay both refer to simple beds. In the past a bed was often just a sack or piece of rough cloth with hay inside. Sailors in the navy also slept in hammocks (= a type of bed hung between two posts, etc.) similar to sacks.hit the sackverbSee hit the hay hit the hay/sack, toGo to bed, go to sleep. The first expression dates from about 1900 and presumably alludes to a hayloft as a soft bed. A sports book of 1905 held it to be baseball players’ slang. The second term dates from World War II, although sack for “bed” originated in the U.S. Navy in the 1820s. |
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