phrase take to bedremain in bed through sickness or other cause: I came down with a cold and took to bed for a couple of days. go to sleep—1. = go to bed 1: Suppose you go to sleep , that you may get up in time enough. 2. fall asleep: I did not go to bed and I did not go to sleep . It was well past midnight, but I managed to get the number of the ambassador’s residence in Bern. 3. (of a part of the body) become numb so that a person doesn’t feel it: Wegner pinches his arm to see whether he feels it…. He feels just a little but not much, like a part that is gone to sleep . 4. (euph.) die; pass away: …Thaddeus, the old man of West Cambridge, who outwatched the rest so long after they had gone to sleep in their own churchyards. go to bed in one’s boots • go to bed with one’s boots on go to bed in one’s boots—(dated sl.) be very drunk: If old Jones drinks much more, he’ll go to bed in his boots . go to bed with one’s boots on—(sl., of men) use a contracep- tive: You can’t make them wear something. I tried to tell Reg- gie once…. “No fear,” he said, “I don’t go to bed with my boots on !” go to ground • go to the ground go to ground —1. fall down: Larsson claimed a penalty when he went to ground after a tussle with Amoruso. 2. (also: go to earth) go into hiding; put oneself out of sight: Some key gang leaders had been arrested and the assumption was that the others had “gone to ground .” go to the ground—1. = go to ground 1: Several of us were hit including me who went to the ground in a pool of blood. 2. be overcome; perish: Each vagabond that arrived bent his neck to the yoke of gain…. The strong survived, the weaker went to the ground . Note: The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with the phrase go on the ground= go to the ground 1: She went on the ground and I picked her up and a couple of fellows came along, saying, “Do you want any help, officer?” go to hell • go to hell in a handbasket go to hell—is used to rudely tell a person to go away (and stop being annoying): When I politely asked him to move his car, he told me to go to hell . go to hell in a handbasket—be in an extremely bad state and continue to the point of total ruin: We don’t get involved in issues. We’re wasting our lives and going to hell in a handbas - ket ! go to the bottom • touch bottom go to the bottom—(of ships) sink: The men were all sick, and the women and children thought they were going to the bot - tom . touch bottom—(also: hit bottom) 1. (of prices, sales, etc.) reach the lowest or worst point: Prices touched bottom during the depression years. 2. (of people) become extremely poor: Until they touch bottom , it is difficult for people to get financial help. Note: The expression is but partially antonymous in meaning to the phrase go through the roof—(also: hit the roof ) 1. (of prices, sales, etc.) increase very rapidly; surpass the expected limit: We got here before prices went through the roof , so we were able to get a nice house at a great price. 2. show extreme anger about smth.: There is just one problem: Oscar will go through the roof when he hears about the project. go to the war • go to war go to the war —depart for the scene of a war as a soldier: I’m not telling the tale. We all went to the war . go to war —1. = go to the war: There were lots of other out- comes for her efforts without her going to war for the sake of her country. 2. (of a state) declare or begin a war: All nations that go to war have some guilt. It always takes two to tango. go while the going is good • make good going go while the going is good—leave while the conditions are still favorable: I feel that it’s time that we went out as winners … go while the going is good , so to speak. make good going —(UK coll.) advance rapidly; make good progress: You should be an experienced hiker, have suitable mountain equipment and be able to make good going . Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase be good to go—(coll.) be ready or prepared for smth.: I just need to put together a plan and then we are good to go . go wild • run wild go wild—1. be very excited or enthusiastic about smth. (indicating it in one’s behavior by shouting, cheering, etc.): London went wild with delight when the great news came through yesterday. 2. be madly attracted by a person: She was just hitting puberty, and Solomon was going wild about her. Devorah was highly desirable by any male baboon’s standards. Note: The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase go wilding—(also: go out wilding) go on a rampage (originally of youth gangs roaming the streets and harassing passers-by): I’ll also remember this next time college students go wilding when their team wins or loses a championship. run wild—1. become madly violent; go out of control: The CIA is not a sorcerer’s apprentice that has run wild , but … is under strict government control. 2. (of animals and plants) revert to a state of nature; no longer live under domestication or cultivation: These cattle, having run wild upon the plains of western Texas, are collected by a grand “round-up.” goat’s foot • goat-foot goat’s foot—a South African low-growing plant Oxalis cap- rina of the wood sorrel family: Henry was eating breakfast under an arbor of potato-vines and goat’s foot . goat-foot—1. is used of the Greek god Pan: It was the hour of Pan. I could almost think I saw the goat-foot playing his pipes by the brook. 2. (attrib.) of a goat-foot faun or satyr: He [Bacchus] was shown accompanied by goat-foot satyrs, centaurs, and crazed female Bacchantes. goats’ hair • goats’ wool goats’ hair—(also: goat’s hair) 1. cloth made wholly or partly of goats’ hair: The Brahuis are a nomadic race, who dwell in tents made of goats’ hair . 2. long straight streaks of cirrus cloud (known as a sign of impending storm): It is the cloud known to seamen as “goats’ hair ” or “mares’ tails.” goats’ wool—(also: goat’s wool) = goats’ hair 1: The book de- scribes the Navajo weaver collecting plants to naturally dye the goat’s wool . God-man • man-god God-man —one who is both human and divine; a god in human form: Jesus Christ is the living, loving God-man . man-god —1. = God-man: Prometheus, in the eyes of the Greek, was a man-god . 2. a man who is made a god: The Christian world was sunk in the worship of men-gods , and women-gods. God the Father • godfather God the Father—(in the Christian tradition) the first person of the Trinity: All graphical representations of God the Father are to be disapproved. godfather —1. a male person who presents a child at baptism: For each male child to be baptized the rubric requires two godfathers and one godmother. 2. a leader of a criminal organ- – 153 – God the Father