B2idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
lose sleep over something
USUK
to worry a lot about something
Most often negative: 'Don't lose any sleep over it.' Not about real insomnia.
In context
It's only a small mistake in the report; I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
My mum lost sleep over my first trip abroad alone.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry