Meaning
3 senses(idiomatic, not comparable)Sound asleep.
(idiomatic, not comparable)Unconscious.
(idiomatic, not comparable)Without social relationships or communication; without emotional or tangible bonds to others.
Examples
5 sentencesMars is a dead world.
After drinking all night, Bob was dead to the world.
ruПосле ночной попойки Боб дрых без задних ног. — odexed
"Morning. You're early today." "You too. I thought you'd still be dead to the world."
ru«Доброе утро! Ты что-то рано сегодня». – «Да и ты тоже. Я думала, ты еще спишь без задних ног». — sharptoothed
Israeli researchers say a massive cavern on the shores of the Dead Sea is the world's largest salt cave.
The unexpected by-product of the calculation was that Earth may be unique, actually an aberration among myriads of dead, uninhabitable worlds.
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