beauty sleep
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbjuːti sliːp/
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sueño reparador
- She believes that getting eight hours of beauty sleep each night helps her look refreshed.
- need some beauty sleep
- get some beauty sleep
- interrupt my beauty sleep
So first they'd proven this thing called beauty sleep, that you look a more attractive version of you when you're getting sufficient sleep.
- So first they'd proven this thing called beauty sleep, that you look a more attractive version of you when you're getting sufficient sleep.
- They even have beauty sleep support, melatonin, elderberry.
- This stuff is like overnight beauty sleep highly nourishing serum for dry hair.
- She also got me this beauty sleep face and body mask from lush.
- So this is like true Sleeping Beauty Beauty sleep treatment type of a thing.
Examples
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So drink your water, prioritize your beauty sleep, and eat your greens.
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I need my beauty sleep.
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Now look, I gotta get my beauty sleep.
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Some of us are trying to get our beauty sleep.
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I do need my beauty sleep.
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You, go home and get lots of beauty sleep.
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No, you get that beauty sleep now.
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So all this is going to cost you is a few hours of beauty sleep.
Fiction book (1994) -
She needs her beauty sleep.
Fiction book (2000) -
They don't call it beauty sleep for nothing; it's restorative to your whole body, and being well-rested means a much healthier complexion.
Blog text (30)
Synonyms
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1.0
A natural rest when a person is not awake and the body gets energy
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1.1
A night of sleep that makes you feel rested and ready for the day
How Restorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: combining 'beauty' (appearance) with 'sleep' naturally yields the idea of sleep that affects one's looks, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to sleep believed to improve appearance. This is a common collocation with cross-linguistic parallels and does not require learning an arbitrary or highly metaphorical sense.
Etymology
Beauty sleep comes from the simple idea that a good night's sleep helps your beauty. People noticed they looked fresher after rest, so beauty sleep means sleep that 'improves your appearance'.