Sleep Like a Log

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Meaning:

Sleep Like a Log means to sleep very soundly, to sleep well.

Origin:

This idiom has been around for a while; however, it was first written in Spanish from what I can find in 1561. It translates to:

Juan de Timoneda, "Cancionero llamado Sarao de amor", 1561

De que's en la cama
duerme como un leño,
bien harto de migas
bruxo çahareño [...].

Translated to:

Of what's in bed
sleeps like a log,
well fed up with crumbs
the wicked çahareño [...].

The first written history in English is from 1808 a journal entry written by Matthew Livingston Davis, and Aaron Burr, and published in 1838

The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, During His Residence of Four Years in Europe, it reads:

Slept like a log till ten, and then was called. This atmosphere is certainly narcotic. You see all along how enormously I have slept.

Example:

Today we still use the term sleep like a log to express we just got a really sound sleep or to express that someone else is having a sound and still sleep. An example sentence is:

“I slept like a log – I didn't even hear the thunderstorm.”

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