|
Fig. a nap; some sleep. I could use forty winks before I have to get to work. I need forty winks before I get started again. ... a short sleep during the day She just had time to put her feet up and catch forty winks before dinner.
|
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/forty+winks
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/forty+winks
|
|
|
|
Word and Phrase Origins question: What is the origin of the idiom forty winks? A person that didn't sleep a wink is someone who got almost no sleep at all, and to catch 40 winks is to catch a very brief ... Where does forty winks come froml? Im gonna catch forty winks meaning? Where does forty winks orginate from?
|
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_origin_of_the_idiom_fort...
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_origin_of_the_idiom_forty_winks
|
|
|
In Reply to: "Forty winks" posted by Clarissa on May 03, 2000 ... : Please, if anyone could help me find the *origin* of the phrase "catching forty winks", I would appreciate it much. : Many thanks ... Actually, I've heard the expression "to catch forty winks."
|
www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/4/messages/1152.html
|
|
CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN WITH VINEGAR ... The idiom today is Forty Winks. Since the 1300s a "wink" meant a short nap. William Shakespeare did not think of 40 as the number after 39. He thought of it as being a few. Today you can use this idiom if you say to your mom, "I could have done my homework if you let me...
|
www.wayland.k12.ma.us/loker/school_meeting/idioms.html
|
|
English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search ... idiom (often to take forty winks or to catch forty winks); ... (idiom) sleep, extra sleep, or a nap; I really wanted to catch another when my alarm went off.
|
www.allwords.com/word-forty+winks.html
www.allwords.com/word-forty+winks.html
|
|
Judge Russell Engebretson quickly surmised that the Witch House is a bad place to catch forty winks. ... Case Number 09136: Small Claims Court ... Anchor Bay // 2005 // 55 Minutes // Not Rated; Reviewed by Judge Russell Engebretson (Retired) // April 26th, 2006;
|
www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/mohstuartgordon.php
|
|
catch drift; Catch Everyone Being Right; catch eye; catch eye; catch eye; catch eye; catch eye; catch eye; catch fancy; catch fire; catch fire; catch fire; catch fire; catch fire; catch flat-footed; Catch for Us the Foxes; catch forty winks;
|
encyclopedia.farlex.com/catch+fancy
encyclopedia.farlex.com/catch+fancy
|
|
catch fire; catch fire; catch fire; catch fire; catch flat-footed; Catch for Us the Foxes; catch forty winks; catch from; catch hell; catch hold of; catch in; catch in the act; catch in the act; catch in the act; catch in the act; catch in the act; catch in the act;
|
encyclopedia.farlex.com/catch+hell
encyclopedia.farlex.com/catch+hell
|
|
SnugglePuppie -All dog owners know how it is like to see your cute little pooch suffer from insomnia, or generally pacing about and whining without being able to catch any forty winks while you're housed comfortably in that warm bed of... ... Cat lovers can look to SnuggleKittie as a solution as well. ... Posted on Aug 13,
|
www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/08/snugglepuppie_soo...
www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2006/08/snugglepuppie_soothes_and_comforts_pet.html
|
|
