lose sleep over

Idioms and Phrases

Worry about, as in It's too bad the experiment failed, but I'm not going to lose sleep over it . This expression, often put negatively, alludes to actual insomnia caused by anxiety. [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

Mr Tugendhat probably won’t lose sleep over this slip-up – he won’t have personally written the press release, and he’s got 10 of the Scottish Conservatives’ 31 MSPs backing him.

From BBC

Very few seemed to lose sleep over the murder of tens of thousands of Chechens in Russia's “counter-insurgency” war of the 2000s, which Human Rights Watch called "unparalleled in the area since World War II for its scope and destructiveness."

From Salon

In other words, if teams sleep on him now, they may lose sleep over him later.

From Seattle Times

“I’m super anxious and neurotic and I lose sleep over writing,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

Normally, missing out on interviews wouldn’t be something Giamatti would lose sleep over.

From Washington Times

Related Words

• agonize
• bother
• brood
• carp
• chafe
• fume
• fuss
• grieve