forty winks
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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A short nap or sleep.
I'm going to have forty winks before we go out.
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The tortoise and the hare - Stories for Kids
- "I'll have forty winks and catch up with you in a minute." The hare woke with a start from a fitful sleep and gazed around, looking for the Tortoise.
"I'll have forty winks and catch up with you in a minute." The hare woke with a start from a fitful sleep and gazed around, looking for the Tortoise.
- I will have forty winks and catch up with you in minute.
I will have forty winks and catch up with you in minute.
BBC Learning English_Sleeping on the job_2016
- Yes, it's always nice to have a short sleep, or what I call forty winks, during the day.
Yes, it's always nice to have a short sleep, or what I call forty winks, during the day.
- We heard napping, nod off, sleeping on the job, insomniac, forty winks, power nap, Naptivist, attitude, countercultural, work ethic, well-being, nine-to-five, siesta.
We heard napping, nod off, sleeping on the job, insomniac, forty winks, power nap, Naptivist, attitude, countercultural, work ethic, well-being, nine-to-five, siesta.