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| Title: | When you have a very short sleep you have ...... (informal expression)
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| Answer: | 40 winks
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| Hints: | 1. You do it with your eyes all the time
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| Equivalents: | 1. Have/take a nap
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| Explanation: | So where does the 'winks' come in? People don't tend to wink when asleep.. So.. Huh? :)
The unlucky say they 'didn't sleep a wink' all night, an expression used in England since the 14th century (wink is related to 'wince' and 'winch,' a quick dodge, a turn). From 'Listening to America' by Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982).
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