Hit the Sack

Posted by Bob on June 30, 2000

In Reply to: Hit the Sack posted by Steve on June 30, 2000

: Where did this come from, I going to hit the sack.

Mattresses weren't always coils and springs and fancy covers. They were (and in many places, still are) a sack filled with straw or horse hair or some other material. So, to go to bed (or go to sleep) is to hit the sack.