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beauty sleepSleep before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to health and beauty.Rate it:

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sleep camelA person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.Rate it:

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sleep like a babyTo sleep very well, especially peacefullyRate it:

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you made your bed, now sleep in itA moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into.Rate it:

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sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.Rate it:

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eternal sleepDeathRate it:

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eternal sleep(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion, (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.Rate it:

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fox sleepfeigned sleep while actually alertRate it:

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beauty sleepC. 1900, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, ch. 23.Rate it:

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sleep aroundTo have numerous sexual partners.Rate it:

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beauty sleepExtra sleep or a special nap.Rate it:

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big sleepDeath.Rate it:

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deep sleepArtificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long distance space travel.Rate it:

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deep sleepUsed other than as an idiom: see deep, sleep.Rate it:

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does Dolly Parton sleep on her backSynonym of is the Pope CatholicRate it:

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eat, breathe, and sleepTo devote one's time obsessively to.Rate it:

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go to sleepAn expression used to dismiss an extremely foolish statement, or to dismiss somebody that one does not feel like talking to.Rate it:

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how can you sleep at nightA rhetorical question, used to tell someone that they should feel guilty about something.Rate it:

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i wake up dreaming of a new day, i sleep thinking about how to change it.DreamingRate it:

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one could do it in one's sleepSaid of something that can be done very easily.Rate it:

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sleep a winkTo sleep at all.Rate it:

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sleep inTo sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.Rate it:

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sleep like a logTo sleep heavily, long and without disturbance.Rate it:

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sleep offTo get rid of by sleeping.Rate it:

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sleep onTo consider after a period of sleep, implying a decision will be made the next day.Rate it:

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Sleep on ItTo take time in taking a decision , to delay one’s decision or plan because it is yet to be ponder uponRate it:

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sleep on itTo postpone a decision until the following day to avoid making a hasty choice.Rate it:

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sleep overTo spend the night as a guest in someone's home.Rate it:

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sleep tightIf you keep yourself tightly bundled you will sleep warm and rest well.Rate it:

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sleep togetherTo be intimate with another person in the same bed.Rate it:

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sleep togetherTo have sex with.Rate it:

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sleep under the same bridgea critique of a law where circumstances are ignored.Rate it:

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sleep under the same bridgeTo be formally, but not actually, equal under the law.Rate it:

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sleep withTo have sexual intercourse with.Rate it:

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sleep withTo share a bed or bedroom with.Rate it:

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sleep with the fishesTo be killed and have one's body disposed off in the sea or other body of water.Rate it:

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zonk outTo fall suddenly into a very deep sleep.Rate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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conk outTo fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly.Rate it:

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doss downTo sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.Rate it:

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knock outTo put someone to sleep.Rate it:

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pad outto sleep or go to bedRate it:

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put downTo place a baby somewhere to sleep.Rate it:

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Saw LogsTo snuffle, or breathe heavily while having sound sleepRate it:

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sweet dreamsPhrase said to someone before they fall asleep, wishing them a good sleep.Rate it:

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forty winksSleep, extra sleep, or a nap.Rate it:

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bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:

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pingar de sonoto feel an intense organic need to sleep due to sleep privationRate it:

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take a napto sleep brieflyRate it:

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arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)to sleep soundly (from fatigue).Rate it:

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