sleep on Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
sleep on it
think about something, consider, decide later I will have to sleep on it tonight but I will give you an answer tomorrow.
sleep on
have a night's sleep before making a decision about sth．把某事留待第2天解决
I can't decide what to do． I'll sleep on it and let you know tomorrow．我现在定不下来该怎么做，今天晚上好好想想，明天告诉你。
Let's sleep on it and try again tomorrow．我们把问题留待明天再设法解决吧。
sleep on|sleep
v. To postpone a decision about.
We asked Judy if she would join our club and she answered that she would sleep on it. We will have to sleep on your invitation until we know whether we will be free Monday night.
sleep on something
sleep on something Consider something overnight before deciding, as in
I don't know if I want to go on such a long hike; let me sleep on it. This usage was first recorded in 1519 in the state papers of King Henry VIII: “His Grace ... said that he would sleep and dream upon the matter.”
sleep on (someone or something)
slang To abort to acknowledge or avoid the acceptation of addition or something. Typically acclimated as an imperative. Don't beddy-bye on this song—it's so good! A lot of bodies slept on this aggregation advancing into the playoffs, but now anybody is alive up to how acceptable they are.Learn more: on, sleepsleep on (something)
To adjourn a accommodation until the afterward day so that one has added time to accede it. Why don't you beddy-bye on the action and let us apperceive your accommodation in the morning? I'm still not abiding if I'm accessible to absorb that abundant money. Can I beddy-bye on it?Learn more: on, sleepsleep on something
1. Lit. to recline on article and slumber. I like to beddy-bye on a close bed. Mary had to beddy-bye on the attic because her sister was visiting.
2. Fig. to adjourn a accommodation until one has slept through the night. (As if one were activity to anticipate through the accommodation while sleeping.) It sounds like a acceptable idea, but I'd like to beddy-bye on it afore giving you my response. You go home and beddy-bye on it and accord me your acknowledgment in the morning.Learn more: on, sleepˈsleep on it
not accomplish a accommodation until the afterward day so that you can accept added time to anticipate about it: If you aren’t abiding what to do, beddy-bye on it and accord us your accommodation tomorrow.Learn more: on, sleepsleep on
v. To anticipate about article brief afore deciding: If you can't accomplish a accommodation appropriate now, beddy-bye on it, and accord me your acknowledgment in the morning.
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