Idiom
fox sleep
Meaning
Feigned sleep while actually alert.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The child was fox sleeping to avoid doing chores.”
“She kept fox sleeping while her roommates argued, hoping they would leave the room soon.”
“The guard remained perfectly still, fox sleeping as he waited for the intruder to step into the light.”
Examples
simple
“The child was fox sleeping to avoid doing chores.”
contextual
“She kept fox sleeping while her roommates argued, hoping they would leave the room soon.”
complex
“The guard remained perfectly still, fox sleeping as he waited for the intruder to step into the light.”
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