sound asleep

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sound asleep

adjective

idiomatic, not comparable Sleeping still and silently. 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.
Similar: fast asleep, down for the count · Opposite: wide awake, awake

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adj sleeping still and silently

中文	沉睡 chénshuì, 熟睡 shúshuì
Português	ferrado no sono
Français	dormir à poings fermés
Deutsch	fest schlafend, tief schlafend
Русский	крепко спящий krepko spjaščij

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@misc{sound_asleep_2026,
  title = {sound asleep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sound%20asleep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}