Winks

If you take ____ winks, you have a nap.


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Tdol

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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.
 
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m3zomo

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What is these numbers for :D
Explain please am curious
 

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Language doesn't always follow any obvious logic. Anyhow, Tdol posted a link to an explanation. (Don't worry. Be happy.)
 

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How about taking three sleeping pills?
 
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