go to bed with the sun

English

Etymology

Compare Danish gå i seng med solen.

Verb

go to bed with the sun (third-person singular simple present goes to bed with the sun, present participle going to bed with the sun, simple past went to bed with the sun, past participle gone to bed with the sun)

1. (figuratively) To go to bed very early.

   Synonym: go to bed with the chickens

Translations

Translations

• Danish: gå i seng med hønsene, gå i seng med solen
• Dutch: met de kippen op stok gaan
• Finnish: mennä hyvin aikaisin nukkumaan
• French: se coucher avec les poules (fr)
• German: mit den Hühnern schlafen gehen, mit den Hühnern zu Bett gehen
• Greek: κοιμάμαι με τις κότες (koimámai me tis kótes)
• Italian: andare a letto con le galline, andare a letto con i polli
• Polish: chodzić spać z kurami (pl) impf
• Russian: c ку́рами ложи́ться (c kúrami ložítʹsja), ложи́ться спать c ку́рами (ložítʹsja spatʹ c kúrami)
• Slovak: chodiť spať so sliepkami
• Spanish: acostarse con las gallinas

See also

• keep good hours
• early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
• rise with the lark
• day lark

Further reading

• “go to bed with the sun” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.