Twenty Five Idioms about Sleep

a catnap – a short sleep in the day
a night owl – someone who stays up late, someone who functions better at night
a sleeping giant – someone with unrealised or emerging power
a sleeping partner – a partner in a firm who doesn’t take a share in the workload
beauty sleep – a stretch of sleep will keep one young and beautiful
fast/sound asleep – deeply asleep
forty winks – a short sleep in the day
not sleep a wink – not sleep at all
ready to drop – extremely tired, falling asleep
shut-eye – sleep
sleep tight! – sleep well!
to burn the candle at both ends – to go to sleep early and wake up early
to catch some Zs – to get some sleep
to drop/nod off – to (briefly and unintentionally) fall asleep
to get up on the wrong side of the bed – to start the day in a bad mood that lasts all day
to go out like a light – to fall asleep quickly
to hit the hay – to go to bed
to hit the sack – to go to bed
to let sleeping dogs lie – to avoid interfering with a situation so as not to cause trouble
to lie/sleep in – to stay in bed longer than you usually do
to lose sleep over something – to worry about something
to sleep like a baby – to sleep very deeply
to sleep like a log – to sleep very deeply
to sleep on it – to delay making a decision until the next day so that you have time to think over it
to turn in – to go to bed

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02 Oct 2018
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