Translations for „forty winks“ in the English » German Dictionary

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to take forty winks

ein Nickerchen machen

Translations for „forty winks“ in the German » English Dictionary

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Nickerchen

forty winks inf

eine Runde knacken

to have forty winks [or Brit a. a kip]

ein Schläfchen machen

to have forty winks [or a nap] [or a snooze] [or a lie-down]

ein Schläfchen einlegen

to have forty winks

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But, the second you cosy down to catch forty winks, you're wide-awake.

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