Idiom
dead to the world
Meaning
Sound asleep.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The baby is finally dead to the world.”
“After working a double shift, he came home and fell dead to the world on his sofa.”
“Exhausted by the long journey, the travelers ignored the noise of the city and remained dead to the world until sunrise.”
Examples
simple
“The baby is finally dead to the world.”
contextual
“After working a double shift, he came home and fell dead to the world on his sofa.”
complex
“Exhausted by the long journey, the travelers ignored the noise of the city and remained dead to the world until sunrise.”
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