 Re: Eye idiom for couldnt sleep all night
The only idiom I can think of, beginning with p, has nothing to do with sleeplessness (eaxcept if the watcher has to stay alert for hours on end): "Keep your eyes peeled" - which means 'keep a careful watch'. I suppose the idea is that the eyelid is like the peel of a fruit, now I come to think of it (which I haven't done until now, although it's an odd expression) - with the bare eyeball like the peeled fruit.
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