hit the sack

Etymology
A reference to how farmers tend to sleep on sacks of hay.

Verb

 * 1)  To go to bed.
 * 2) * 1953, "New Army, Familiar Scenes" (photo essay), New York Times, 18 Jan., p. SM45 (caption):
 * K.P. Arches—Like a housewife who spends a day on the range, a soldier gets tired feet and is eager to hit the sack.

Translations

 * German:, in die Federn gehen, ,