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sleep like a log
sleep like a log
and sleep like a babyto sleep very soundly. Everyone in our family sleeps like a log, so no one heard the thunderstorm in the middle of the night. Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.
sleep like a log
to sleep very well With a full stomach and a warm blanket, I slept like a log.
sleep like a log/top
to sleep very well I don't know if it had anything to do with the wine we drank but I slept like a log.
sleep like a log
Also, sleep like a top. Sleep very soundly, as in I slept like a log, or She said she slept like a top. Both of these similes transfer the immobility of an object to that of a person who is sound asleep (since a top spinning quickly looks immobile). The first dates from the late 1600s; the variant is newer.