Russian term
United States
Technical, medical and literary
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English
спать валетом
| 4 | sleep top and tail |
Oleg Shumilov
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| 4 | sleep head-to-foot |
Vera Klink
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| 4 | sleep top to toe |
Roman Bouchev
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| 3 | sleep head-to-toe |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Proposed translations
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English 
, Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
sleep head-to-toe
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Russian Federation
Professional translator
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian, and 14 more.
sleep top and tail
Canada
Specializing in scientific literature
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English
sleep head-to-foot
https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5046-552/Flash-2-Person-Tent
Six men were assigned to each tent, and two blankets were given to each man. The usual arrangement for sleeping was head to foot, so that three faced one way and three the other.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=KPgXIWGB6kAC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA...
The 37.5-square-foot floor is small for its class, so it’s best to sleep head-to-foot for maximum wiggle room
https://www.backpacker.com/gear/gear-guide-tents
Russian Federation
Handling words with care
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
sleep top to toe
Although some dictionaries say that "top-to-tail" for people, and "head-to-tail" for objects (The children sleep top-to-tail in the same bed, or in two beds placed head-to-tail), you can use these expressions interchangeably in both sense with regard to human beings. It's what two people do when they platonically share a bed, like friends, sisters etc. They sleep with their heads at opposite ends of the bed.
Here's an extract from Nathan Merritt's remembrances:
"Sometimes I'd sleep on their couch but mostly I'd just go top-to-toe with one the cousins. There was Reece, Travis who now plays with Penrith and their older brother too.
"I guess that's one of the benefits of having great family ... you can sleep pretty much anywhere."
By 1942, my sisters had returned to the family home. We had a Morrison Shelter in the back room downstairs; we used to sleep top-to-toe.
... they would bathe in shifts with five kids in the bath and once and the littlies would sleep top-to-toe in bunk beds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/11/a5474711.shtml
https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celeb-news/mother-of-12-i-was-pregnant-for-nine-years-9743
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