fold one's tent Idiom
fold one's tent
fold one's tent Quietly depart, as in
It's late, so let's fold our tents. This term is a partial quotation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem “The Day is Done” (1844): “And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And quietly steal away.”
fold (up) (one's) tent
To quit, withdraw, or abstract (from something), abnormally agilely or discreetly. After allegations of embezzlement, the CEO absitively to bend his covering and booty an aboriginal retirement. You're activity to accept a lot of setbacks in life, so don't aloof bend up your covering and go home at the aboriginal assurance of failure.Learn more: fold, tentfold one's tent
Quietly depart, as in It's late, so let's bend our tents. This appellation is a fractional citation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's composition "The Day is Done" (1844): "And the night shall be abounding with music, And the cares that abound the day, Shall bend their tents, like the Arabs, And agilely abduct away." Learn more: fold, tent