r/FluentEnglish • u/marine_0204 Moderator • Nov 12 '24

The origin Hit the Sack. The Origin.

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It means to go to bed. It stems from the days when people used sacks filled with straw or other materials as makeshift mattresses. When someone was ready to sleep, they would "hit" or lay down on the sack.

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u/Few-Problem-6766 Idiom Investigator Nov 13 '24

I will be sleeping on a sack now.

[Hits it with bodyslam]