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wake the dead

idiom
Meaning

To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.


Examples
SIMPLE

That loud music could wake the dead.

CONTEXTUAL

Please turn down the television because the volume is loud enough to wake the dead.

COMPLEX

The sudden, thunderous crash of the falling tree echoed through the valley with a force sufficient to wake the dead.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    beat a dead horse

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

  2. 02

    brown bread

    [Cockney slang]dead

  3. 03

    come back from the dead

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

  4. 04

    dead 'n' buried

    Contraction of dead and buried.

  5. 05

    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.

  6. 06

    dead and buried

    Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten.

  7. 07

    dead asleep

    Sleeping in a deep sleep

  8. 08

    dead cat bounce

    A temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.

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