hit the hay
Go to bed
Hit the hay is to go to bed or go to sleep: I'm exhausted—time to hit the hay.
The phrase evokes old mattresses stuffed with hay or straw.
Hit the sack means the same thing.
Sleep, slangily
- turn inSubmit or sleep
- conk outCease functioning suddenly
- forty winksBrief informal nap
- shut-eyeInformal term for rest
sawing logs · kip · call it a night · crash · zonk out
Light, restful unconsciousness
fall asleep · bedtime · drowse · nod off · dreamland · shuteye · crash · repose
State of being unwound
- unwindRelease accumulated tension
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- respiteShort pause from hardship
recuperate · recharge · decompress · peace · quiet · tranquility · ease · comfort
Onset of darkness
- duskDimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- eveningLate day period
- end of dayFinal hours before darkness
wind down · lights out · wrap up · curfew · closing time · after dark · moonrise · night owl
sack out
Sleep, slangily
- turn inSubmit or sleep
- conk outCease functioning suddenly
- forty winksBrief informal nap
shut-eye · sawing logs · kip · call it a night · crash · zonk out
slumber
Light, restful unconsciousness
drift off · fall asleep · bedtime · drowse · nod off · dreamland · shuteye · crash · repose · lights out
relaxation
State of being unwound
respite · recuperate · recharge · decompress · peace · quiet · tranquility · ease · comfort · siesta
nightfall
Onset of darkness
end of day · wind down · lights out · wrap up · curfew · closing time · after dark · moonrise · night owl
exhausted
Utterly depleted of energy
worn-out · lethargic · spent · knackered · beat · bushed · tuckered out · dead tired · wiped out · ready for bed
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, doze, slumber
- falling asleepfell asleep, dozes, dozed off, nods off, nodded off
- farm idiomscream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm, put out to pasture
- idiomstime flies, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg, barking up the wrong tree
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- Horse Idiomshold your horses, dark horse, high horse, straight from the horse's mouth, horse sense
hit the haywake up
Become conscious again
get up · rise and shine · awaken · arise · rouse
hit the hayget going
Commence motion or activity
hit the ground running · spring into action · get cracking · start the day · rise and shine
hit, hay, hitting, hits, hitman, haying, hit the sack, hayloft, hays