sleep with one eye open
Wary partial slumber
To sleep with one eye open is to remain vigilant even while resting, ready for danger or betrayal.
The phrase often appears as a warning or threat: You'd better sleep with one eye open after what you did.
It can also describe a state of necessary alertness: Parents of newborns learn to sleep with one eye open.
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- trust no oneBlanket skepticism of others
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- fight-or-flight responsePhysiological reaction to danger
- alertnessActive mental awareness
insomnia · self-preservation · anxiety · foreboding · attentiveness · protective measures · Metallica · Enter Sandman · distrust · situational awareness · threat assessment · enemy territory · hypervigilance · surveillance · suspicion · monitoring · night watch · wariness
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, watch out
sleep with one eye opensleep like a log
Doze very soundly
sleep like a baby · dead to the world · out like a light · out cold · deep sleep
sleep with one eye openrest easy
Feel calm, unburdened
let one's guard down · safe and sound · at ease · secure · at peace
sleep, sleeps, slept, sleeping, sleeper, sleepers, sleepy, sleepless, asleep