LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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simile
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idiom
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Detailed explanation-1: -phraseinformal. DEFINITIONS1. in bed, used especially when referring to people having sex. He’s just trying to get you in the sack. Synonyms and related words.
Detailed explanation-2: -The assumption is that hit the hay and hit the sack come from the fact that mattresses used to consist of cloth sacks stuffed with hay. Some historians go so far as to suggest that hit the hay and hit the sack come from the practice of fluffing up the hay inside the mattress ticking before lying down to sleep.
Detailed explanation-3: -The idiom “hit the sack” has been used since the late 19th century, but it was not a popular saying until the 1940s (evidence). It is probable that “hit the sack” originates from the practice of stuffing sacks with hay to make mattresses.