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Thread: Winks

  1. 27-Dec-2011, 11:04 #1
    Tdol
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  2. 22-Mar-2012, 10:51 #2
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    Default Re: Winks

    somebody care to explain this idiom? i can't make sense of this.

    i got it. it's hard at first because i understand wink as closing one eye for a second. so it doesn't make any sense since nap/sleep require both eyes to be closed.
    Last edited by rollerkoster; 22-Mar-2012 at 10:54. Reason: got it
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