turn into a pumpkin
turn into a pumpkin
To have to return home or go to bed due to the late hour of the night. (Usually used as a present participle, the phrase is a reference to the story of Cinderella, whose magic carriage turned into a pumpkin at midnight.) I've had a wonderful time, but I'm turning into a pumpkin. I think I'll call a cab and head home.
See also: pumpkin, turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- put (someone or something) to bed
- put something to bed
- put to bed
- go to bed
- send (one) to bed
- taxi
- hail a cab
- go to bed with
- go to bed with (one)
- go to bed with somebody