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Sleep Idioms
Have you already switched to the daylight saving time? Вы уже перешли на зимнее время? Did it affect you sleep? Это повлияло на ваш сон?
Learn the idioms related to sleep and answer the questions at the end of this post.
Прочитайте предложения 1-10. Что означают выделенные идиомы?
1. It was hard to get a shuteye in this hospital room with constant visitors and phone calls to the rest of the people in the ward. 2. We spent all Sunday outdoors: we swam, rode a motorboat and went on a long hike around the lake. Everyone slept like a log that night. 3. He tossed and turned all night annoyed by mosquitoes bites all over his body. 4. There was no power in the building, so we decided to hit
the hay early. 5. I felt drowsy after driving for 2 hours on that hot and humid summer day. I pulled my car over to the curb and had a cat nap for 10 minutes. 6. We left for the airport at midnight. The plane took off at 2:30 a.m. and landed at 5:00 a.m. There was a crying baby and snoring man beside me on the plane. I couldn’t sleep a wink last night! 7. Caroline had a nightmare this night. She lied in bed wide-awake being
unable to forget her bad dream. 8. Having worked as a baker for 20 years, he’s used to getting up at the crack of dawn. 9. Tonight I’ll go to bed early. I need my beauty sleep to look rested at tomorrow’s party. 10. I need to recharge my batteries after the sleepless night.
Новые идиомы:
∙ shuteye - сон ∙ sleep like a log - спать как убитый (дословно: спать как бревно) ∙ toss and turn – расбрасываться и крутиться (с боку на бок) ∙ hit the hay - отправиться спать ∙ cat nap - полуденный короткий сон (дословно: кошачий сон) ∙ not sleep a wink - не смыкать глаз ∙ wide-awake - (не иметь) "сна ни в
одном глазу" ∙ crack of dawn - на рассвете ∙ beauty sleep - сон (кaк средство) красоты ∙ recharge my batteries - восстановить силы (дословно: зарядить батарейки)
1. Are you a light sleeper or sleep like a log? 2. How long does it take you to recharge your batteries after a difficult week at work? 3. What time do you usually hit the hay? 4. Do you make sure to get your beauty sleep? 5. Do you sometimes toss and turn at night? 6. What would keep you wide awake at night? 7. Can a cap
nap restore your energy for some time? 8. Are you able to get a shuteye on a bus or subway? 9. People of which professions would be up at the crack of the dawn? 10. Why couldn’t David sleep a wink the night before Christmas?