go to bed with the sun
Sleep at dusk
To go to bed with the sun is to retire for the night at sunset or shortly after—keeping early hours rather than staying up late.
The phrase evokes a simpler, pre-electric lifestyle: Farmers go to bed with the sun and rise at dawn.
Sometimes used to explain or justify an early bedtime.
- rise with the larkWake at dawn
- crack of dawnEarliest morning light
- keep good hoursSleep at proper times
- early to bedRetiring before midnight
- hit the hayGo to sleep, informally
slumber · rest · sunset · evening · dusk · nightfall · twilight · harmony with nature · circadian rhythm · farm life · simplicity · rural traditions · biological clock · sleep-wake cycle · nap · bedtime · lights out · tuck in
go to bed with the sunburn the midnight oil
Work late into night
burn the candle at both ends · pull an all-nighter · sleep in · rise with the sun
go to bed with the sunnight owl
One who stays late
night person · nocturnal · creature of the night · city dweller · insomniac