The neighbors played music fit to wake the dead.
fit to wake the dead
idiomAt a very high volume; extremely loudly.
The drummer practiced in his garage with a sound fit to wake the dead, annoying everyone on the street.
During the storm, the thunder roared with a terrifying intensity, a cacophony fit to wake the dead and rattle the very foundations of the house.
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beat a dead horse
To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.
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brown bread
[Cockney slang]dead
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canary fit
A highly emotional state of distress, anger, etc.
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come back from the dead
To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.
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dead 'n' buried
Contraction of dead and buried.
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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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dead and buried
Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.
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dead asleep
Sleeping in a deep sleep