Peripheral Neuropathy. In some people, leg and foot (and sometimes arm and hand) pain can be the result of neuropathy, a disorder of the peripheral motor, sensory and autonomic nerves that connect the spinal cord to our muscles, skin and internal organs. Neuropathy can cause numbness, tingling and a heavy sensation. âIt usually starts in the feet and may cause a burning sensation in the legs,â Fesperman says. In some cases, people may lose their ability to feel sensation in their legs, which can put them at risk for injury and infection.
Mattresses were once stuffed with hay or straw, so the image is of you flopping down on your mattress and hitting the hay. It means go to bed. Mattresses were once stuffed with hay or straw, so the image is of you flopping down on your mattress and hitting the hay.
The expression can be traced back to horse racing in the 1700s when goats were used to settle the horses. A young goat. An idiom is a turn of phrase that doesn't make sense when literally translated.