Example
“After the overnight flight, Marcus was dead to the world by eight o'clock.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
on top of the world
Neutral · CEFR B1
Feeling exceptionally happy and satisfied, especially after a success.
dead and buried
Neutral · CEFR B2
completely abandoned, with no realistic chance that a plan or idea will return
over my dead body
Informal · CEFR B2
a forceful refusal meaning that something will never be allowed
think the world of
Neutral · CEFR B2
admire or care for someone or something very deeply
bright and early
Neutral · CEFR A2
at the very start of the morning
early bird
Neutral · CEFR A2
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.