"sleep a wink" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 一刻都没睡
• 一点都没合眼

Definition

完全没有睡觉，哪怕一会儿都没合眼。通常用于否定句，意思是整晚都没休息。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

几乎总是在否定句中使用（'didn't sleep a wink'），是固定短语，常用来形容彻夜难眠；不用来指打盹儿。表达的是习惯性用法，不是字面意思。

Examples

I didn't sleep a wink last night.

我昨晚**一刻都没睡**。

She couldn't sleep a wink because of the noise.

她因为噪音**一刻都没睡**。

The baby cried all night, so we didn't sleep a wink.

宝宝整夜哭闹，我们**一点都没合眼**。

With the thunderstorm raging, I didn’t sleep a wink.

暴风雨那么大，我**一刻都没睡**。

Don’t worry, I didn’t sleep a wink on the flight either.

别担心，我在飞机上也**一刻都没合眼**。

After drinking all that coffee, there’s no way I’ll sleep a wink tonight.

喝了这么多咖啡，今晚我肯定**一点都睡不了**。