FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIt's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a placemessage-squaremessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down119
arrow-up1160arrow-down1message-squareIt's weird how we say "go to sleep" as if sleep is a placeFreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-221 hours agoNot many… Heres what i came up with though: Go to great lengths Go to extremes Go to bat for something Go to town on something
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoStill different usages because they require more words to make sense. “Go to sleep” is a weird figure of speech.
minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoNow you’re moving the goalposts :p I agree it is a rare structure.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoNo, I’m not. Notice the period. That was very deliberate. Are there any examples of “Go to [word].”
minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoI edited my original post, but what about “go to extremes” ?
Not many… Heres what i came up with though:
Go to great lengths
Go to extremes
Go to bat for something
Go to town on something
Still different usages because they require more words to make sense. “Go to sleep” is a weird figure of speech.
Now you’re moving the goalposts :p
I agree it is a rare structure.
No, I’m not. Notice the period. That was very deliberate.
I edited my original post, but what about “go to extremes” ?
That one’s better!