sleep like a log
/ˌsliːp laɪk ə ˈlɒɡ/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
to rest very deeply without being easily woken
Examples
- 1The hotel bed was so comfortable that I slept like a log.
- 2After a day of fresh air on the beach, Ben slept like a log.
- 3I didn't hear the storm at all — I slept like a log.
- 4Do you sleep like a log, or does every little noise wake you up?
- 5Despite the noisy neighbours, Aisha slept like a log after her twelve-hour shift.
Grammar
Only sleep changes form: slept. Keep like a log fixed, even after a plural subject.
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