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beauty sleepSleep before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to health and beauty.Rate it:

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sleep camelA person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.Rate it:

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sleep like a babyTo sleep very well, especially peacefullyRate it:

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you made your bed, now sleep in itA moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into.Rate it:

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sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.Rate it:

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eternal sleep(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion, (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.Rate it:

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eternal sleepDeathRate it:

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fox sleepfeigned sleep while actually alertRate it:

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beauty sleepC. 1900, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, ch. 23.Rate it:

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sleep aroundTo have numerous sexual partners.Rate it:

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beauty sleepExtra sleep or a special nap.Rate it:

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big sleepDeath.Rate it:

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deep sleepUsed other than as an idiom: see deep, sleep.Rate it:

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deep sleepArtificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long distance space travel.Rate it:

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does Dolly Parton sleep on her backSynonym of is the Pope CatholicRate it:

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eat, breathe, and sleepTo devote one's time obsessively to.Rate it:

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go to sleepAn expression used to dismiss an extremely foolish statement, or to dismiss somebody that one does not feel like talking to.Rate it:

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how can you sleep at nightA rhetorical question, used to tell someone that they should feel guilty about something.Rate it:

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i wake up dreaming of a new day, i sleep thinking about how to change it.DreamingRate it:

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one could do it in one's sleepSaid of something that can be done very easily.Rate it:

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sleep a winkTo sleep at all.Rate it:

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sleep inTo sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.Rate it:

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sleep like a logTo sleep heavily, long and without disturbance.Rate it:

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sleep offTo get rid of by sleeping.Rate it:

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sleep onTo consider after a period of sleep, implying a decision will be made the next day.Rate it:

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Sleep on ItTo take time in taking a decision , to delay one’s decision or plan because it is yet to be ponder uponRate it:

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sleep on itTo postpone a decision until the following day to avoid making a hasty choice.Rate it:

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sleep overTo spend the night as a guest in someone's home.Rate it:

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sleep tightIf you keep yourself tightly bundled you will sleep warm and rest well.Rate it:

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sleep togetherTo have sex with.Rate it:

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sleep togetherTo be intimate with another person in the same bed.Rate it:

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sleep under the same bridgeTo be formally, but not actually, equal under the law.Rate it:

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sleep under the same bridgea critique of a law where circumstances are ignored.Rate it:

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sleep withTo share a bed or bedroom with.Rate it:

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sleep withTo have sexual intercourse with.Rate it:

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sleep with the fishesTo be killed and have one's body disposed off in the sea or other body of water.Rate it:

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ride the short busTo have a need for a special education program, as because learning disabled.Rate it:

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short end of the stickA situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced by or available to others.Rate it:

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the long and short of itThe gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features; said of a summary or digest.Rate it:

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a day late and a dollar shortAction that was taken too late and too feeble to be of any use.Rate it:

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come shortFail to meet (expectations or standards)Rate it:

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one brick short of a full loadNot mentally sound; insane.Rate it:

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short and sweetA direct and brief communication.Rate it:

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short-sheetTo play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.Rate it:

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a few sandwiches short of a picnicExhibiting disquiet or unsoundness of mind; not sane; mad.Rate it:

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a short drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death by hanging.Rate it:

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have someone by the short and curliesto exercise total control over someone.Rate it:

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a day late and a dollar shortCome into the picture minus some necessary fundamental factors or entities.Rate it:

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down to the short strokesIn the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.Rate it:

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always late and a penny shortSomeone who is late with a birthday or anniversary wishRate it:

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