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Synonyms for relax of sleepy12/31/2023 ![]() If you want to know some better approaches to studying, check out these idioms about learning. “I had to pull an all-nighter to get my essay finished on time.” Pull an all-nighterĪnother idiom about not sleeping: this one applies if you are studying or working so hard that you keep going all through the night and don’t have time to sleep. Note that this idiom can’t be used in an affirmative statement, so we wouldn’t say ‘I slept a wink’. “I didn’t sleep a wink last night, I couldn’t stop thinking about this presentation I have to give at work today.” “Don’t let the kids have ice cream right before bedtime they won’t sleep a wink!” Now that you know that a ‘wink’ can refer to sleep, you might be able to work out that to not sleep a wink means to not sleep at all. However, the saying does originate from Roman times when superstitions taught that it was unlucky to get out of bed on the left side, or to put your left foot on the floor first. This doesn’t mean literally that there is a right and wrong side of the bed to get out of. “What’s wrong with you today? Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed?” “Sorry for shouting at you earlier, I must have got up on the wrong side of the bed.” When someone is in a particularly grumpy, irritable or unhappy mood, we might say they got up on the wrong side of the bed. “We can sleep in until 10am tomorrow, but then we need to get ready for the wedding.”Ĭonfused about when to use lay or lie? We have a separate article to explain the difference. ![]() We can also use the phrasal verbs lie in and sleep in, although we wouldn’t say ‘have a sleep-in’. “I’m looking forward to having a lie-in tomorrow morning.” In contrast, a lie-in is an extended sleep where you stay in bed for longer than you usually would. “I’ve been up since the crack of dawn cleaning the house, ready for my mother-in-law to visit.” Have a lie-in Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky. If you’re up at the crack of dawn, you wake up very early. This is not actually an idiom about sleep, but about waking up. “It’s late I think I’d better turn in for the night.”Ī similar nighttime saying is call it a night. To turn in also means to go to bed, or at least to begin getting ready for bed. Both of these refer to simple beds made out of hay or a sack. “I have to be up early tomorrow, I think it’s time to hit the sack.”Ī variant of this, most often used in American English, is hit the hay. The sleeping idiom hit the sack means to go to bed. ![]() Check out some more examples of idioms for kids that will make learning English fun. You could also say sleep well.Ī longer version is: Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite! This one is usually only said to children. This is just a way of wishing them a good sleep. “My husband has a cold so I’ve tucked him into bed and given him a hot water bottle.” Sleep tightĪfter you tuck someone in, you might tell them to sleep tight. You might use the phrase in other situations as a joke: Generally the person performing this action is in some sort of caring role, whether it’s a parent tucking in their child or a carer tucking in an elderly, infirm person. ![]() This may or may not involve actually tucking in the bedding around them. When you tuck someone in to bed, you make sure they are comfortable and get them ready to sleep. We have a separate article containing idioms about death if you want to learn more about these kinds of phrases. “The kids fell asleep easily after a long day playing.”įall asleep may also be used to talk about someone dying. To fall asleep simply means to begin sleeping. Idioms about going to sleep and waking up Fall asleep ![]()
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