/anˈdare a ˈlɛtto kon le galˈline/ lit. ‘to go to bed with the hens’
Italian idiom, everyday. To go to bed.
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How do people use Andare a letto con le galline
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Everyday and a little teasing: you say it about yourself after a tiring day, or about someone who’s in bed at nine. It always means going to bed early, often around sunset, so it fits evenings more than ordinary bedtimes. Change “andare” to suit the sentence: “stasera vado a letto con le galline”.
Also said andare a letto con i polli, andare a dormire con le galline
Andare a letto con le galline
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Dopo il dritto di stamattina, stasera a letto con le galline.
After this morning’s all-nighter, it’s bed with the hens tonight.
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Where does Andare a letto con le galline
come from?
English Wiktionary glosses it as going to bed very early and lists “andare a letto con i polli” as a synonym. The picture is farmyard observation: hens go back to the coop and settle on their perch at dusk. There’s no record of when the phrase was first written down.
Mistakes learners make with Andare a letto con le galline
Using it for any bedtime. If you go to bed at midnight, you didn’t go “con le galline”; the hens are only there because they roost as soon as it gets dark.
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