English idiom

dead to the world

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Figurative meaning

sleeping so deeply that you are completely unaware of your surroundings

Word picture

A deeply sleeping person is pictured as so unresponsive that the living world cannot reach them.

Example

“After the overnight flight, Marcus was dead to the world by eight o'clock.”

Dictionary details

Component words

dead world

Tags

health
time

Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.

on top of the world

Feeling exceptionally happy and satisfied, especially after a success.

dead and buried

completely abandoned, with no realistic chance that a plan or idea will return

over my dead body

a forceful refusal meaning that something will never be allowed

think the world of

admire or care for someone or something very deeply

bright and early

at the very start of the morning

early bird

someone who prefers beginning the day before most other people

Source methodology

Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.

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