sleep a wink

Etymology
From Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" Act III Scene IV.

Verb

 * 1)  To sleep at all.

Usage notes
Used in negative constructions: I couldn't sleep a wink last night. A related positive construction is.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: не съм мигнал
 * Finnish: nukkua silmällinen
 * French:
 * German:, kein Auge zumachen
 * Greek: δεν έκλεισα μάτι
 * Hungarian: egy szemhunyásnyit sem alszik
 * Swedish: sova en blund