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amuser le tapis (or, la galerie)To amuse people by talking the time away.Rate it:

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arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)to sleep soundly (from fatigue).Rate it:

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bang on aboutTo keep talking endlessly about the same subject.Rate it:

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beat around the bushTo delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.Rate it:

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beauty sleepSleep before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to health and beauty.Rate it:

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beauty sleepC. 1900, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, ch. 23.Rate it:

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beauty sleepExtra sleep or a special nap.Rate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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bed downThe act of lying down, reclining, preparing for sleep by assuming a supine position/reclining/upon or in a quiet, comfortable venue.Rate it:

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bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:

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beddy-byeBedtime for a toddler, going to sleep, going to bed.Rate it:

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belt upTo stop talking or chattering; shut up.Rate it:

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big sleepDeath.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensPerhaps we have not been sufficiently aware that talking about access and its implications in Scandinavia is like bringing owls to Athens. — Herbert Burkert.Rate it:

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c'est comme si je chantaisIt is like talking to the air, preaching in the desert.Rate it:

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c'est parler celaThat is what I call talking.Rate it:

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c'est son épée de chevet1. That is his trusty counsellor. 2. That is what he is always talking about.Rate it:

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call it a nightTo go to bed to sleep.Rate it:

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camp outTo sleep outdoors, often in a tent.Rate it:

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cat aroundTo engage in sex with various partners; to sleep around.Rate it:

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catch some z'sTo sleep.Rate it:

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chew the fatTo chat idly or generally waste time talking.Rate it:

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clam upTo become silent; to stop talking, to shut up.Rate it:

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conk outTo fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly.Rate it:

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coucher à la belle étoileTo sleep out of doors.Rate it:

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coucher dans son fourreauTo go to sleep without undressing; To turn in all standing (nav.).Rate it:

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coucher sur le carreauTo sleep on the floor.Rate it:

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count sheepTo attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.Rate it:

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curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinuntI cannot sleep for anxiety.Rate it:

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cut the crapto stop talking about irrelevant things.Rate it:

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cuver son vinTo sleep oneself sober.Rate it:

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dead asleepSleeping in a deep sleepRate it:

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deep sleepUsed other than as an idiom: see deep, sleep.Rate it:

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deep sleepArtificially induced hibernation in humans for the purpose of long distance space travel.Rate it:

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dicky-birdEndearing term for a small bird, often used when talking with young children.Rate it:

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does Dolly Parton sleep on her backSynonym of is the Pope CatholicRate it:

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don't go thereDon't start talking about that.Rate it:

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don't let the bedbugs biteUsed to wish a person a good night's sleep.Rate it:

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dormir comme une marmotte, comme un sabot, comme une souche, les (or, à) poings fermésTo sleep like a top, like a log.Rate it:

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dormir en gendarmeTo sleep with one eye open.Rate it:

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dormir sur les deux oreilles(lit.) To sleep soundly; (fig.) To have no cause for anxiety.Rate it:

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doss downTo sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.Rate it:

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double-tonguedSaying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.Rate it:

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double-upRequirement to sleep with another individual because of lack of sleeping accomodations.Rate it:

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drop the topicTo stop talking about the topic at hand.Rate it:

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dry upTo stop talking, to forget what one was going to say.Rate it:

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eat, breathe, and sleepTo devote one's time obsessively to.Rate it:

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eternal sleep(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion, (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.Rate it:

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eternal sleepDeathRate it:

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fast asleepSleeping, in a deep sleep.Rate it:

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