sleep a wink
To sleep at allTo sleep at all.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To sleep at all.
kein Auge zutun, kein Auge zumachen
Examples
45 sentencesHe did not sleep a wink.
deEr hat kein Auge zugetan. — Manfredo
I didn't sleep a wink last night.
deIch habe vorige Nacht kein Auge zugetan. — Manfredo
Tom didn't sleep a wink last night.
ruТом глаз не сомкнул прошлой ночью. — odexed
deTom hat letzte Nacht kein Auge zugetan. — jast
Tom couldn't sleep a wink last night.
I didn't sleep a wink that night.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" Act III Scene IV.From Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" Act III Scene IV.
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Forms
sleeps a wink, sleeping a wink, slept a wink, slept a wink| Base form | sleep a wink · to sleep a wink |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sleeps a wink |
| Present participle | sleeping a wink |
| Past simple | slept a wink |
| Past participle | slept a wink |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.