dead to the world

dead to the world
dead to the world
1. sound asleep. •

After all that exercise, he's dead to the world.

He's dead to the world, and I can't rouse him.

2. intoxicated. •

Six beers and he was dead to the world.

By midnight almost everybody at the party was dead to the world.

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{adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Fast asleep. * /Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o'clock this morning./ 2. As if dead; unconscious. * /Tom was hit on the head by a baseball and was dead to the world for two hours./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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