"sleep a wink" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-sleep a wink.ogg Forms: sleeps a wink [present, singular, third-person], sleeping a wink [participle, present], slept a wink [participle, past], slept a wink [past]
Etymology: From Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" Act III Scene IV. Head templates: {{en-verb|sleep<,,slept> a wink}} sleep a wink (third-person singular simple present sleeps a wink, present participle sleeping a wink, simple past and past participle slept a wink)
  1. (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To sleep at all. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep Translations (Translations): не съм мигнал (ne sǎm mignal) (Bulgarian), nukkua silmällinen (Finnish), ne pas fermer l’œil (French), kein Auge zutun (German), kein Auge zumachen (German), δεν έκλεισα μάτι (den ékleisa máti) (Greek), egy szemhunyásnyit sem alszik (Hungarian), não pregar olho (Portuguese), sova en blund (Swedish)
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          "ref": "1968, “I'm So Tired”, in John Lennon (lyrics), The Beatles, performed by the Beatles:",
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        "To sleep at all."
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        "(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To sleep at all."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ne sǎm mignal",
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          "word": "не съм мигнал"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "nukkua silmällinen"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "ne pas fermer l’œil"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "kein Auge zutun"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "kein Auge zumachen"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "den ékleisa máti",
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          "word": "δεν έκλεισα μάτι"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "egy szemhunyásnyit sem alszik"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "não pregar olho"
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          "code": "sv",
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        "(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To sleep at all."
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ne sǎm mignal",
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      "word": "не съм мигнал"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "nukkua silmällinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ne pas fermer l’œil"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kein Auge zutun"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "kein Auge zumachen"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "den ékleisa máti",
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      "word": "δεν έκλεισα μάτι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "egy szemhunyásnyit sem alszik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "não pregar olho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "sova en blund"
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  "word": "sleep a wink"
}

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