When one waits until some difficulty has passed, we say "wait something out". Is there a word/expression in English for sleeping until your hunger, pain, or negative emotions subside?
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Does "hibernate" work? – Cascabel Dec 19 '20 at 18:44
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@Cascabel - When you have just broken up with your partner, and go to bed feeling like you want to sleep and never wake up, do you "hibernate"? :-D – Adam Dec 19 '20 at 18:48
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Maybe you need to provide more context, along with some research indicating words that you considered and then rejected... – Cascabel Dec 19 '20 at 18:50
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1I think "sleep off" is sometimes used in this context. "He slept off his worries." – Hot Licks Dec 19 '20 at 18:58
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There is
Sleep it off
meaning to
to stop the bad effects of having too much of something by sleeping for as long as it takes to end those effects
For hunger specifically there’s a very modern phrase I’ve heard
Having sleep for dinner
But it’s so new that I can’t really find many references for it other than Urban Dictionary and Reddit/Twitter usage.
answered Dec 19 '20 at 18:51
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I want to accept the second answer, sleep off. Would you consider editing your answer? Because the first one is specific to one situation. – Adam Dec 19 '20 at 18:59
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"Sleep for dinner" - Never heard this phrase in 70+ years in Britain. It sounds like a translation from some other language. – Anton Dec 19 '20 at 19:02
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@Anton it’s exceedingly modern. I’ve only heard it in the past year or two. – William Theisen Dec 19 '20 at 19:03
