Talk:lose an hour of sleep

RFD discussion: April–June 2023
SOP. In the provided quote, "lose an hour of sleep" literally means "lose an hour of sleep". PUC – 18:47, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. To "lose" an hour sleep due to the clocks being changed so that hour ceases to exist (or, at least, to be observed) is distinct from losing an hour of sleep in the more common sense of lose sleep, which could theoretically be compartmentalized to any period of time. bd2412 T 18:35, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, someone on night shift would lose an hour of working time when the clocks go forward, unless they are driving long-distance for example, when they would finish the journey an hour later than usual. "fall back" looks odd, an Americanism for "autumn back". DonnanZ (talk) 21:00, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. One can talk about "losing an hour" without mentioning sleep. : it's part of a mnemonic that just about everyone in the US has heard: [set your clocks in the] spring ahead and [set them in the] fall back. If we used "autumn" the mnemonic wouldn't work. Chuck Entz (talk) 21:26, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * That may work in the US, but for the benefit of non-Americans, maybe "fall season back" would be better. DonnanZ (talk) 21:36, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The pun wouldn't work in that case. you can 'spring forward' and 'fall back' but you can't 'fall season back' (and does anyone actually say 'fall season' in any case?). --Overlordnat1 (talk) 21:47, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't see why not. Anyway, I didn't realise there's an entry for . DonnanZ (talk) 22:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * The "spring forward, fall back" formulation is an intentional double-entendre, implying something like jump forward and slip back. If the issue is that the hour can be lost in non-sleeping circumstances, then this should be moved to lose an hour. Whatever activity is handicapped by this, it is distinct from the concept of "losing" an hour by being stuck in traffic or waiting for a plumber. bd2412 T 20:23, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * What do you make of "Because she was travelling in the opposite direction to the sun, Jean would lose two hours of daylight on her journey"? PUC – 11:23, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete as SoP. — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:09, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete as SOP per Chuck. One also gains an hour the next time the clocks change; I don't think these are idiomatic. (Certainly, as Donnanz points out, the change happens regardless of whether one is sleeping or working.) - -sche (discuss) 00:53, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, comically useless entry. The only occasion where one would look it up is when one has missed knowledge about daylight saving time. This leads to the false impression of idiomaticity. Fay Freak (talk) 11:24, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Deleted per consensus. PUC – 15:56, 23 June 2023 (UTC)