forty winks — If you have forty winks, you have a short sleep or rest, generally during the day. Dad likes to have forty winks after a game of golf … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Forty winks — is an English idiomatic noun that can be used in the singular or plural and means: to take a nap for a short period of time (usually not in bed),cite web | url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forty%20winks| title = WordNet Search 3.0| … Wikipedia
forty winks — {n. phr.}, {informal} A short period of sleep; a nap. * /When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks./ Compare: SHUT EYE … Dictionary of American idioms
forty winks — {n. phr.}, {informal} A short period of sleep; a nap. * /When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks./ Compare: SHUT EYE … Dictionary of American idioms
catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS … Dictionary of American idioms
catch forty winks — See: FORTY WINKS … Dictionary of American idioms
forty winks — n. a nap; sleep. (Usually with a quantifier. Either forty or some, a few, a bunch of, etc.) □ I could use forty winks before I have to get to work. □ I need forty winks before I get started again … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
take forty winks — If you take 40 winks, you have a short sleep … The small dictionary of idiomes
Catch forty winks — have a short sleep … Dictionary of Australian slang
Grab forty winks — have a short nap … Dictionary of Australian slang
catch forty winks — Australian Slang have a short sleep … English dialects glossary