Meaning of forty winks | Babel Free

Definitions

A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“As you're so tired, why not try to catch forty winks before you leave?”

“[…] who evidently a glutton for work, it struck him, was having a quiet forty winks for all intents and purposes on his own private account while Dublin slept.”

“Powell: I... sometimes I need a nap to get through my shift. I sneak off behind the crates to grab forty winks where the supervisor can't find me.”

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