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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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if you don't want to slip up, stay out of slippery placesTo avoid temptation, triggers, Toxicity Or anything that doesn't do you any justice mentally or otherwise. To Stay away from if not to be tempted to repeat mistakes.Rate it:

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waste not, want notIf one is not wasteful then one will not be needy.Rate it:

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die for want of lobster sauceTo literally die or to be devastated due to a minor inconvenience or mishap.Rate it:

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if you want a thing done well, do it yourselfIt is better to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well.Rate it:

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you can't always get what you wantIt is not always possible to get what is wanted.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X called, they want their Y backSaid about something that is outdated and can be traced to a certain period in time, usually a decade.Rate it:

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do not wantUsed to indicate that the speaker does not like something they have seen or heard.Rate it:

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do wantUsed as an expression to indicate one's desire to have something.Rate it:

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do wantUsed other than as an idiom: see do, want.Rate it:

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I don't want itI don't want it.Rate it:

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I don't want to buy anythingI don't want to buy anythingRate it:

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I don't want to talk about itI don't want to talk about itRate it:

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I want my money backSaid to demand a refund for a product or service.Rate it:

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I want to go to the toiletIndicates that the speaker feels the urge to go the toilet.Rate it:

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