twenty winks

twenty winks

A very brief nap or a short sleep. When you have a baby for the first time, you are suddenly forced to learn how to operate on only twenty winks at a time. I'm going to go grab a quick twenty winks before everyone starts arriving for the dinner party.
See also: twenty, wink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • become pushed for time
  • any time means no time
  • against time
  • against the clock
  • a race against time
  • any time
  • (it's) time to run
  • anytime
  • (it's) time to push along
  • (it's) (a)bout time
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When she was going to bed she always used to say: `That's it, I'm off for twenty winks'." Frank became smitten by the stage bug.
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