Hit the hay

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Have been misinterpreting an acronym on here for ages. I thought HTH was "Hit the hay" and meant "Get out of here" in the American sense of stop being silly or talking rubbish.

Has anyone else misunderstood an acronym/word meaning in real life or here on Mumsnet? 😅

I thought so too!! What DOES it mean then??

Hope that helps! I think, anyway!

It means ‘hope that helps’, and can be used either genuinely, or in a sarcastic way, after suggesting Googling.

@DiscoBeat, you thought it meant "Hit the hay" too? Must come from somewhere then!

I knew it meant "hope that helps" but I always thought "hit the hay" meant going to bed to sleep.

HTH = Hope that helps

Doesn't 'hit the hay' mean go to bed?

@Needmorelego. Aha! That makes sense now. Every day's a school day.

I just checked because I was curious. Yep....

‘Hit the hay’ is used to mean ‘going to bed’ — somewhat archaic these days, I’d have said. Like ‘hit the sack’.

(Though I don’t think the phrase actually dates from the days when mattresses were hay-stuffed, anyway, so I suppose always archaic in a sense’?

Ive never heard it used as you suggest.

Can't imagine how anyone could comfortably fall asleep on hay, but farm work is tiring so maybe after getting up at 4am...

Yes Hit the hay means going to bed/sleep. 'Mattresses' used to be filled with hay which you slept on.

@CheerfulBardo, a hay-based mattress makes more sense haha.

Hope that helps! I think, anyway!

Thanks, I had guessed after finding out I was wrong that it meant Hit The Hills. So that was wrong too!