Idiom
fit to wake the dead
Meaning
At a very high volume; extremely loudly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The neighbors played music fit to wake the dead.”
“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.”
Examples
simple
“The neighbors played music fit to wake the dead.”
contextual
“The drummer practiced in his garage with a sound fit to wake the dead, annoying everyone on the street.”
complex
“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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