to sleep with one eye open
- Fuente de la expresión
- Diccionario Bilingüe Oxford
- Estructura completa
- To sleep with one eye open
- Variantes
- to sleep with one[‘s] eye[s] [open, peeled]
- Contexto
- You may have heard the phrase “sleep with one eye open.” While it’s usually meant as a metaphor about protecting yourself, you may wonder if it’s actually possible to sleep with one eye open and one closed. In fact, there are a variety of medical conditions that may make it impossible to close your eyes when you sleep. Some of these may lead to sleeping with one eye open and one eye closed.
- Fuente del contexto
- Healthline
- Tipo de fuente
- newspaper
- Autor
- Erica Hersh
- Título de la fuente
- What Can Cause You to Sleep with One Eye Open and One Closed?
- Año
- 2020
- Web
- https://www.healthline.com/health/sleeping-with-one-eye-open
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente