Big Sleep Meaning

Big Sleep is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic, euphemistic, almost always preceded by the) Death. [from 20th c.]. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Big Sleep

(idiomatic, euphemistic, almost always preceded by the) Death. [from 20th c.]

Example : 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 250:  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.

Meaning of Big Sleep

Big Sleep is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Big Sleep stands for (idiomatic, euphemistic, almost always preceded by the) Death. [from 20th c.]. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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