Get some sleep langy you look tired12/29/2022 ![]() ![]() If someone goes out like a light, they start to sleep immediately: As soon as my head hit the pillow, I went out like a light. Someone who is out for the count or dead to the world is sleeping heavily and not likely to wake soon:īy the time I came to bed, you were dead to the world. If someone sleeps like a log, they sleep well, not waking at all for a long period: I slept like a log last night – I didn’t even hear the rain. I think I’m going to turn in for the night.Ī number of idioms relate to the quality of sleep and how deeply we sleep. They may also announce that they are turning in for the evening/night: I’m quite tired. ![]() I’ve got to get up early tomorrow so I’m going to hit the sack. In the evening, someone who is about to go to bed may use the informal phrases hit the sack/the hay. Later in the day, after a period of work, someone may decide to put their feet up, (= to sit down and relax, sometimes with their feet raised off the ground): It’s been a long day. In the US and the UK, this is called sleeping in. Is she in the land of the living, do you know? This is a humorous phrase, sometimes used of someone who has finally woken up after a lie-in (= a British expression for the time when someone has stayed in bed in the morning later than usual): Starting with the morning, if you say that someone is in the land of the living, you mean that they are awake. This week, we’re looking at the surprising number of idioms in English that relate to sleep and rest. ![]()
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