dead to the world
Sound asleep or unconscious, as in The alarm clock went off but Joseph was dead to the world. [Late 1800s]
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dead stock, dead storage, dead time, dead tired, dead to rights, dead to the world, dead water, dead weight, dead white european male, dead wood, dead zone
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