dead to the world

Idioms and Phrases

Sound asleep or unconscious, as in The alarm clock went off but Joseph was dead to the world . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

Here, for a moment, I was dead to the world.

From Literature

Werksman picked apart descriptions she had given over the years of feeling “paralyzed,” “dead to the world,” “crying” and “whimpering.”

From Los Angeles Times

Richard is already asleep, dead to the world, snoring softly.

From Literature

I cradled the book to my chest and turned to watch Mom as she slept, dark and dead to the world.

From Literature

“I’m opening in the morning, and then by the time you get home from baseball tomorrow night, I’m going to be dead to the world.”

From Literature

Related Words

• comatose
• paralyzed
• senseless