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dead to the world

idiom
Meaning

Sound asleep.


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.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all over the world

    throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

  2. 02

    beat a dead horse

    To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

  3. 03

    brown bread

    [Cockney slang]dead

  4. 04

    come back from the dead

    To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.

  5. 05

    come into the world

    To be born.

  6. 06

    coming into the world

    The act of being born; a birth.

  7. 07

    dead 'n' buried

    Contraction of dead and buried.

  8. 08

    dead air

    An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television.

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