| 释义 |
wake the dead, to wake the deadTo be extremely noisy and disruptive. Would you two be quiet—you'll wake the dead! Having so many kids running around screaming all at once, it was loud enough to wake the dead!See also: dead, wakewake the deadFig. to be so loud as to wake those who are "sleeping" the most soundly: the dead. You are making enough noise to wake the dead. Stop hollering! You'll wake the dead!See also: dead, wakewake the ˈdead (of a noise) be very loud: He must have heard it — that doorbell’s loud enough to wake the dead.See also: dead, wakewake the dead, toVery loud. This hyperbole has been around for ages. John Woodcock Graves used it in his poem “John Peel” (ca. 1820), which later became a popular folk song: “’Twas the sound of his horn called me from my bed . . . For Peel’s view-hollo would waken the dead, Or a fox from his lair in the morning.” See also: wake |