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It's a figure of speech rather than an idiom. When standing for a long length of time, your own weight can put pressure on the nerves of your legs. It can also put pressure on the blood vessels and restrict normal flow of blood to the nerves. Either way it makes the nerves act erratically.
This is characterised in a loss of feeling or movement in the affected limb, and hence, the limb has 'gone to sleep'.
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What does the idiom lost your hair mean?
It's not an idiom because you can figure it out by the context. It means they went bald.
When was I Went to Sleep created?
I Went to Sleep was created in 1969.
What does the idiomatic expression 'Her foot went to sleep' mean?
"Her foot went asleep" refers to her foot feels numb, such as you stop moving it for a long time and it feels weird when you move it, like needles are being pushed through it, but less pain, but it wears off as though it's waking up.
What is the meaning of the idiom 'to go on a fishing expedition'?
To "go on a fishing expedition" means to attempt to find out information, e.g., "The lawyer went on a fishing expedition to try and discover the facts of the case."
What does the idiom went under mean?
Went under is used to mean they have failed, as in drowning. A business that went under is one that has closed or gone bankrupt.
What is the Song title or artist to lyrics someone somewhere went to sleep and dreamed us all alive?
Jim Stafford. Just Another Pretty Foot album.
Why does my best friend get his foot caught in a red door in my dinosaur dreams?
because u were thinking of really weird things bfore u went to sleep. LOL! XD
What is 'The bear went to sleep' when translated from English to Italian?
"The bear went to sleep!" in English is L'orso è andato a dormire! in Italian.
What does Mexico yucatan sleep on?
Some people sleep on hammocks but some of them sleep on beds but when i went to Mexico i slept on the hammock.
How did Anne Frank get to Amsterdam?
she went on foot
Why do you think Odysseus did not want to sleep?
Evey time he went to sleep something bad happend.
What can be question tag of the children went to sleep?
The question tag for the sentence "The children went to sleep" would be "didn't they?" Therefore, the complete sentence with the question tag would be: "The children went to sleep, didn't they?" This tag is used to confirm information and reflects that the main clause is in the past tense.
