sound asleep

sound asleep

Sleeping deeply. You must have been sound asleep if you didn't hear me knock over the coat rack when I came home last night!
See also: asleep, sound
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sound asleep

completely asleep; in a deep sleep. I was sound asleep when the fire broke out.
See also: asleep, sound
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

sound aˈsleep

deeply and peacefully asleep: He had fallen sound asleep in the chair by the fire. The children are sound asleep upstairs.
See also: asleep, sound
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be in the Land of Nod
  • in the Land of Nod
  • in a sound sleep
  • dead asleep
  • read (oneself) to sleep
  • read oneself to sleep
  • go out like a light
  • catch flies
  • the sandman's coming
  • in the ozone
References in periodicals archive
Sound Asleep was created by Joseph Kao for iAwake Technologies, a cutting-edge transformative audio technology company.
The 11-week-old prince was sound asleep as he was carried into the Chapel Royal by his mother Kate.
ARTIST Valerie was sound asleep when she was bludgeoned to death with a claw hammer.
Tumbaga, who works as a security guard, told authorities that he and his wife were sound asleep early Monday morning when they were awakened by the sound of someone removing the glass from their window.
1 Sound Asleep Original Speaker Pillow (PS14.99, from sleepypeople.com) This pillow contains a nifty small speaker that you can plug your smartphone or other digital device into, allowing you to listen to music, audiobooks or just white noise to help you drift off with no need for uncomfortable headphones.
All are sound asleep, and we take great care lifting her off the
But it is too late to ask Tomas, who is sound asleep after his exciting Galapagos adventure.
The first official portrait shows the Swedish royal baby Prince Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil, Duke of SAaAaAeA derland, sound asleep in a bassin covered in blankets.
I was listening to him play and the next thing I was sound asleep. It was quite peculiar to be honest.
Summary: Over $70,000 was raised Friday hours after a photo of an exhausted Palestinian refugee from Syria selling pens on the street of Beirut with his daughter sound asleep on his shoulder went viral.
With a bite in the air and much of the earth sound asleep, winter offers the perfect time to curl up with some good how-to books while scheming and dreaming about next year's garden and homestead projects.
So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room.
On the other hand, Israeli occupation forces stormed into Al-Irqa Village in western Jenin amidst heavy firing of sound bombs in a provocative manner targeting Palestinian households whose members were sound asleep.
Scientists have discovered evidence that it's possible to learn new information while sound asleep. In research published in the Aug.
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