Expressions (A–Z)

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• Sleep like a baby

  Figuratively: to sleep well and peacefully.

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• Sleep on it

  (Slang) Figuratively: invested time thinking about a subject without pressure or...

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• Sleep the sleep of eternity

  To have died; to rest peacefully in the grave.

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• Sleep the Sleep of the Righteous/ the sleep of the just

  Figuratively: to sleep soundly and peacefully.

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  Sleep well! / Sweet dreams!

  A night-time blessing: sleep well. Figuratively: pleasant dreams.

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• Sleepers of Dust/ the dead (who sleep in the dust)

  A nickname for the dead.

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  Sleeping bags/ bonds of sleep

  Deep sleep.

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• Sleeping like a log/ sleep like a log

  (Slang) Figuratively: sleeping very deeply. Hard to wake him from his sleep.

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• Sleeping standing up

  (slang) figuratively: very tired; or slow in functioning; or not up to date with...

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  Sling mud at somebody

  By metaphor: to slander; to speak ill of someone; literally, "to throw mud."

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