forty winks
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We probably all know about counting sheep, or letting sleeping dogs lie, but the facts about forty winks in the animal kingdom are still subject to debate.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2014
Then I managed to get forty winks or so of sleep around sunrise.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
Now he was going to catch forty winks.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
The fact is, the day is warm and she is sleepy, and she knows she will not get her forty winks unless he takes himself out of the way.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
You are wondering how you will manage to get forty winks here, eh, comrade?
From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by M?r J?kai
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