sound asleep

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sound asleep (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Sleeping still and silently.
   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V

     When Frere had come down, an hour before, the prisoners were all snugly between their blankets. They were not so now; though, at the first clink of the bolts, they would be back again in their old positions, to all appearances sound asleep.

   Synonym: fast asleep

Translations

sleeping still and silently

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沉睡 (zh) (chénshuì), 熟睡 (zh) (shúshuì)

• Estonian: sügavas unes
• Finnish: syvässä unessa
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• French: dormir à poings fermés (fr)
• German: fest schlafend, tief schlafend
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} að steinsofa, ^{(please verify)} í fasta svefni
• Russian: крепко спящий (krepko spjaščij)