This harkens back to a time when mattresses were made of cloth sacks stuffed with hay. This is a synonym for the one we just heard. Julia was so zonked, she hit the hay as soon as she set foot in her apartment. Back in the day, some people would sleep on bundles of hay, so this is probably where this expression comes from.
This is an informal expression to simply mean go to bed. Matt had a long 48-hour journey back home and spent the next three days sleeping around the clock to catch up on sleep. Sometimes when we have the winter blues, we might just sleep around the clock and not have much motivation to do anything else. This means that you’re sleeping for long periods of time without getting up. You should ask Jonny for help-he could do this level of math in his sleep. You’re relaxed and carefree while doing this action effortlessly. You can do it with your eyes closed, that’s another expression that means the same thing. When you do something in your sleep, you’re able to do it quite easily with not much difficulty. Sam is going to head home early and try to sleep off their stomach bug. To eradicate some unpleasant conditions by getting extra sleep. This is when you need rest because maybe you had too much to eat and you feel unwell, or maybe you indulged in other ways and your body is telling you it needs sleep to heal. This past week I’ve been so tired that by the time I get to sleep I’m out like a light! 11) Sleep it off Just as quickly as you can turn off a light you can fall asleep when you’re this lethargic. This is when you’re exhausted to the point where you can fall immediately asleep. You can tell a friend who’s stressed or concerned about a situation: “Don’t lose any sleep over it.” 10) Out like a light When you are up all night worrying about something.
Some people like to sleep in on weekends and catch up on sleep. When you sleep past the time you usually wake up or when you snooze your alarm clock and continue sleeping. I’m looking forward to getting some beauty sleep this evening. When we sleep well our bodies and mind recover from the day. Making sure you get enough sleep so that you can benefit from the healing processes that go on during REM and deep sleep. By the time I got home everyone was already fast asleep.
When someone is in a deep sleep, they can’t be woken up. I woke up super well-rested because last night I finally slept like a baby! 6) To Be Fast Asleep This has the same meaning as “sleep like a log” when you have a nice long peaceful sleep. It’s when you are sleeping so well that you sleep through the night without being woke up.Īfter that 10 mile run I slept like a log, it was glorious. 4) To Sleep Like A LogĪh this is a dream. We studied until around 3 am and then we decided we needed to get some shut-eye before the exam. This means you’re trying to get some sleep. Couldn’t sleep a wink! 3) To Get Some Shut-Eye I’m so tired today because last night I was tossing and turning. This means you are having trouble sleeping and can't fall asleep. In College, I was a double major so every week I’d pull an all-nighter to write my two honors theses. This means you stay up all night to either work or party. Without further ado, sleep expressions! 😴💤😴 1) To Pull An All-Nighter Who knew there were so many? I’ll share the meaning as well as an example sentence.Īlright so with these expressions I encourage you to first guess the meaning so if you need to pause the lesson to do so, by all means go right ahead! In this lesson, you’ll learn twenty one expressions having to do with sleep.
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