sleep like a log
Meaning: To sleep so soundly that noise doesn't wake the person.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: The Absurd
Origin: The expression suggests that it is as difficult to wake such a person as it would be to wake a log or a rock.
More idioms — The Absurd
- snowball's chance in hell — No chance at all.
- sow one's wild oats — To do foolish or wild things, usually as a youth.
- speak of the devil — An expression used when someone who is being talked about has just appeared.
- strange bedfellows — People or things that one does not normally expect to find together.
- strike it rich — To make money (sentence 1); or, less literally, to be wildly successful (sentence 2).
- talk a blue streak — To talk fast and at length.
More English idioms
- let someone or something slip through someone's fingers — To lose something because one takes too much time to consider the situation.
- slow burn — To be quietly angry.
- slow off the mark — Slow [or quick] to understand a situation.
- sour grapes — A situation where a person criticizes something or someone out of jealousy.
- speak one's mind — To tell someone how one feels or what one thinks.
- speak one's piece — To tell someone how one feels or what one thinks.
Loading the full interactive collection…