de claro en claro

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Spanish

Adverb

de claro en claro

  1. (idiomatic, dated) sleeplessly; without sleeping a wink
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      la excelente mujer no durmió en la noche del 24, porque toda ella se la pasó de claro en claro, ora batiendo huevos ora desplumando aves
      the most excellent lady did not sleep on the night of the 24th, because she spent it sleeplessly, be it beating eggs , plucking birds

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