twenty winks
Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic)A very shortsleep, half as long asforty winks.1931, Henry Berman,Life Demands! And Other Plays:All right, go along to the doting mother, while I stretch out on the settle and chancetwenty winksof sleep before Andrew turns up. I never sleep well on the train, as you know.2003November 3, “Twenty winks offered to drivers”, inBBC.co.uk[1]:Twenty winksoffered to drivers2004November 10, Annalisa Barbieri, “Twenty winks”, inThe Guardian[2]:Twenty winks[title]
Examples:EN: My lambkin, I don't even want twenty winks.
ES: Mi corderito, ni media cabezada.
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