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forty winks

–noun Informal.

a short nap.

[Origin: 1815–25

]

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forty winks
pl.n. Informal (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A short nap.

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forty winks
noun
sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) [syn: nap]

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forty winks

a short sleep
Example: He always has forty winks after dinner.

Arabic:	نَوم قَصير، غَفْوَه
Chinese (Simplified):	打盹儿
Chinese (Traditional):	打盹兒
Czech:	šlofík, zdřímnutí
Danish:	lur
Dutch:	dutje
Estonian:	lühike uinak
Finnish:	nokoset
French:	petit somme
German:	vierzigjährig
Greek:	υπνάκος
Hungarian:	ebéd utáni szundítás
Icelandic:	dúr, hænublundur
Indonesian:	tidur sebentar
Italian:	sonnellino, pisolino

Japanese:	うたた寝
Latvian:	īsa pēcpusdienas snauda
Lithuanian:	bluosto sudėjimas, snustelėjimas
Norwegian:	liten lur, blund
Polish:	krótka drzemka
Portuguese (Brazil):	soneca
Portuguese (Portugal):	soneca
Romanian:	pui de somn
Russian:	короткий сон (днём)
Slovak:	zdriemnutie
Slovenian:	zakinkati
Spanish:	sueñecito
Swedish:	liten tupplur
Turkish:	şekerleme, kestirme

forty winks

a short sleep; a nap
Example: Father often has forty winks in his armchair after lunch.

Arabic:	غَفْوَه، إغفاءَه
Chinese (Simplified):	小睡
Chinese (Traditional):	小睡
Czech:	zdřímnutí
Danish:	lille lur
Dutch:	dutje
Estonian:	lühiuinak
Finnish:	nokkaunet
French:	petit somme
German:	das Nickerchen
Greek:	υπνάκος
Hungarian:	ebéd utáni szundítás, ({i igével:}) szundít egyet
Icelandic:	hænublundur
Indonesian:	tidur sebentar
Italian:	sonnellino

Japanese:	うたたね
Latvian:	īsa snauda
Lithuanian:	snūstelėjimas
Norwegian:	(få seg en) høneblund, liten lur
Polish:	krótka drzemka
Portuguese (Brazil):	cochilo
Portuguese (Portugal):	soneca
Romanian:	pui de somn
Russian:	короткий сон
Slovak:	zdriemnutie
Slovenian:	kratko spanje
Spanish:	echarse una siesta, *cabezada
Swedish:	en tupplur
Turkish:	şekerleme