got to go home and get my beauty sleep



(I've) got to go home and get my beauty sleep.

Fig. a phrase announcing one's need to depart because it is late. (See also (I) have to shove off for other possible variations.) Sue: Leaving so early? John: I've got to go home and get my beauty sleep. Jane: I've got to go home and get my beauty sleep. Fred: Well, you look to me like you've had enough. Jane: Why, thank you.
See also: and, beauty, get, home, sleep

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JeanneZHAHN (French), JEEN (English)French, English
KatariinaKAH-tah-ree:-nah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
Aldous['ɔ:ldəs]
Kreskes-Biblical Greek
Reynolds['renəldz]
Yannis-Greek