fall asleep unintentionally打瞌睡 He nodded off over his paper.他在看报时睡着了。 Is it really so late?I must have nodded off.真的这么晚了吗?我一定是睡着了。
land of Nod
Idiom(s): land of Nod
Theme: SLEEP
sleep. (Humorous. From the fact that people sometimes nod when they are falling asleep.) • The baby is in the land of Nod. • Look at the clock! It’s time we were all in the land of Nod.
get the nod
Idiom(s): get the nod
Theme: CHOICE
to get chosen. • The manager is going to pick the new sales manager. I think Ann will get the nod. • I had the nod for captain of the team, but I decided not to do it.
Give the nod
(UK) If you give the nod to something, you approve it or give permission to do it.
Nod's as good as a wink
(UK) 'A nod's as good as a wink' is a way of saying you have understood something that someone has said, even though it was not said directly. The full phrase (sometimes used in the UK ) is 'a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'.
Noddy work
(UK) Unimportant or very simple tasks are noddy work.
On the nod
(UK) If something is accepted by parliament or a committee majority, it is on the nod.
land of nod|land|nod
n. phr. Sleep. The little girl went off to the land of nod.
nodding acquaintance|acquaintance|nodding
n. Less than casual acquaintance. I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance.
nod
nod In addition to the idiom beginning with nod, also see get the nod.
nodding acquaintance
nodding acquaintance Superficial knowledge of someone or something, as in I have a nodding acquaintance with the company president, or She has a nodding acquaintance with that software program. This expression alludes to knowing someone just well enough to nod or bow upon meeting him or her. “Early 1800s]
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