IdiomDaily Life
EnglishCrude
EnglishCruderoll in the hay
Meaning: To have casual sex.
Example: “The movie hints that the farmhand and the heiress had a roll in the hay.”
Origin: The image is of lovers in a hayloft or haystack, a rural setting of many old songs. The phrase is recorded in American English around 1940.
Equivalents in other languages
French: S'envoyer en l'air Literally: To send oneself into the air
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