"Don't sleep on"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/11/2012 09:53 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>Steve Serby in today's NYPost writes about Romeo Crennel's blueprint
>for the NY Giants to defeat the Green Bay Packers. Item IV is "don't
>sleep on Jermichael Finley".
>
>I have this phrasing a lot recently on sports programs. I take it to
>mean "don't deal with lightly" or something similar.

"Don't fall asleep about" (the whereabouts of Finley)?  He's a tight end.

Joel

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