| 释义 |
out like a light
out like a lightUnconscious or in a deep, insensible sleep. Likened to a boxer who has been knocked out. I didn't even hear you come in last night. I was so tired that I was out like a light as soon as my head hit the pillow. On his 21st birthday, Mike's friends gave him so much to drink that he was out like a light by 10 PM. The rowdy customer was out like a light when the bouncer punched him in the head.See also: light, like, outout like a lightsee under out cold. See also: light, like, outout like a light If someone is out like a light, they are very deeply asleep. Dad gently closed the door again. `She's out like a light,' I heard him whisper to my anxious mother. Note: You can say that someone goes out like a light to mean that they fall quickly and deeply asleep. I was so tired — I went out like a light.See also: light, like, outout like a light1. mod. unconscious or sleeping soundly. I fell and hit my head. I was out like a light for two minutes, they tell me. 2. mod. heavily alcohol intoxicated. All four of them drank till they were out like a light. See also: light, like, outout like a lightSuddenly asleep; unconscious. A mid-twentieth-century Americanism, it appeared in Billie Holiday’s autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues: “Bobby, I just can’t make it no further—and I passed out like a light.”See also: light, like, out |