| 词组 | hit the hay/sack, to |
| 释义 | hit the hayTo get into bed and go to sleep. I have to get up early for work tomorrow, so I think I'd better hit the hay. 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 hayand hit the sackFig. to go to bed. I have to go home and hit the hay pretty soon. Let's hit the sack. We have to get an early start in the morning. hit the hayAlso, hit the sack. Go to bed, as in I usually hit the hay after the eleven o'clock news, or I'm tired, let's hit the sack. The first colloquial expression dates from the early 1900s, the variant from about 1940. 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 haygo to bed. informalhit the sackgo to bed. informalhit the hayand hit the sack tv. to go to bed. Time to go home and hit the hay! Let’s hit the sack. We have to get an early start in the morning. 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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