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    Idiom: Count Sheep

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    count sheep 

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    How to pronounce "count sheep":

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    To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.

    Example Sentences

    1
    My grandmother used to tell me to count sheep if I couldn't sleep.
    2
    Sometimes I count sheep even when I'm not having trouble falling asleep.

    A-Z Proximities

    • couldn't carry a note in a bucket
    • couldn't happen to a nicer
    • couldn't stop a pig in a passage
    • count noses
    • count one's blessings
    • count sheep
    • country mile
    • courage of one's convictions
    • court of public opinion
    • covenant of salt
    • cover one's bases

    Similar Idioms

    • count sheep
    • black sheep
    • white sheep
    • wolf in sheep's clothing
    • count noses
    • count one's blessings
    • down for the count
    • no-count
    • take the count

    Similar Phrases

    • blood count
    • body count
    • complete blood count
    • count alessandro di cagliostro
    • count alessandro volta
    • count down
    • count fleet
    • count lev nikolayevitch tolstoy
    • count dracula
    • count ferdinand von zeppelin
    • count maurice maeterlinck
    • count nikolaus ludwig von zinzendorf
    • count noun
    • count off
    • count on
    • count out
    • count palatine
    • count per minute
    • count rumford
    • differential blood count
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