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Meaning of big sleep | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Death.

euphemistic, idiomatic

Equivalents

Suomi ikiuni

Examples

“What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that.”

“Before I sink into the big sleep / I want to hear / The scream of the butterfly”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

big slick Big Smoke big society big spender big spoon Big Spring