地道美語:Sleep Like a Rock(視頻字幕)

English in a Minute: Sleep Like a Rock（ZT）
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Welcome to English in a Minute, when you listen to American English, you will probably hear this idiom: Sleep like a rock. How does a rock sleep? Let's listen.

---I remember you said you were getting a new bed last weekend. How do you like it? 
---I love it. My old bed totally bit the dust, but the new mattress is great. I slept like a rock last night.
---That is good to know. I have not been sleeping well at all lately. Maybe I should get a different mattress, too.

If you slept like a rock, you slept very well. You cannot wake a rock, because it is not alive. You can also say you slept like a log, to mean the same thing. And that's English in a minute.

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bite the dust : Sl. to break; to fail; to give out.

 My old car finally bit the dust.
This pen is out of ink and has bitten the dust.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bite+the+dust

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• It's nice to learn how the natives say it. I always "sleep like -肖莊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/10/2015 postreply 11:25:18

• -- "sleep like a pig". :-) -肖莊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/10/2015 postreply 11:27:38

• "Sleep like a log". LOL... -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/10/2015 postreply 20:10:00

• It's good to sleep like a rock:) Thanks 紫君 for sharing:) -南山鬆- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/10/2015 postreply 17:55:41

• I could not agree with you more. Have a nice evening. -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/10/2015 postreply 20:10:38

• Idiom of the Day: Sleep like a rock. Got it. Thanks! -~葉子~- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/10/2015 postreply 21:40:44

• Good night and sweet dream. -紫君- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/10/2015 postreply 22:39:44