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lose sleep over

Idioms  

  1. 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]

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If there’s something to lose sleep over, maybe this is it.

From Slate

What they do lose sleep over, however, is whether those massive commitments, some of which are now being funded by debt as opposed to cash flow, will generate an actual profit.

From Barron's

“No one is going to lose sleep over what happened here at conclusion of this chase, given what had unfolded before.”

From Los Angeles Times

"In the end, I'm not going to lose sleep over it because I ultimately benefited from those antics."

From BBC

As for the social media announcement by Alalshikh, chairman of Riyadh Season, he opted for jungle metaphors rather than corporate speak: “Don’t mess with the lion … 4 fights for Canelo with Riyadh Season … The Deal is done … A Lion doesn’t lose sleep over opinion of a sheep … Fear the lion not the jungle.”

From Los Angeles Times

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