Definition of: "hit the sack" with explanation and origin
Definition of: hit the sack with explanation and origin? Meaning of hit the sack with examples in English idiom dictionary.
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Definition of: "hit the sack" with explanation and origin
hit the sack
hit the sack,
also, 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.
- 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 some time 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.
See also: hit the hay
The Origins of hit the sack
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English Idioms and phrases
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below). By another definition, an idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements.[3] For example, an English speaker would understand the phrase "kick the bucket" to mean "to die" – and also to actually kick a bucket. Furthermore, they would understand when each meaning is being used in context.
To evoke the desired effect in the listener, idioms require a precise replication of the phrase: not even articles can be used interchangeably (e.g. "kick a bucket" only retains the literal meaning of the phrase but not the idiomatic meaning).
Idioms should not be confused with other figures of speech such as metaphors, which evoke an image by use of implicit comparisons (e.g., "the man of steel"); similes, which evoke an image by use of explicit comparisons (e.g., "faster than a speeding bullet"); or hyperbole, which exaggerates an image beyond truthfulness (e.g., "more powerful than a locomotive"). Idioms are also not to be confused with proverbs, which are simple sayings that express a truth based on common sense or practical experience.
