Wake the dead In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "wake the dead", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2022-02-26 10:02

Meaning of Wake the dead

Synonyms:

loud enough to wake the dead

Wake the dead informal verb phrase

Used to indicate that it is so loud as to wake the dead.

They sang too loudly to wake the dead last night.

I can't put up with mischievous children anymore. They make noise to wake the dead.

When Jane saw a cockroach on the table, she was screaming to wake the dead.

Other phrases about:

button your lip
To stop talking about anything
alarms and excursions

A hysterical event that is very noisy.

whoop it up

To celebrate noisily and excitingly; to generate excitement in a group of people

Grammar and Usage of Wake the dead

Verb Forms

  • to wake the dead
  • wakes the dead
  • Waking the Dead
  • woke the dead

The verb "wake" should be conjugated according to its tense.

 

 

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