Glossary entry

português term or phrase:

dormir o sono dos justos

inglês translation:

To sleep the sleep of the just/innocent

Added to glossary by Deyse Ferreira
May 24, 2013 22:13
11 yrs ago
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português term

dormir o sono dos justos

português para inglês Outra Expressões/máximas/ditados
Expressão idiomática utilizada no brasil para se referia à pessoa que está em paz consigo mesma, portanto, pode dormir bem.

Proposed translations

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To sleep the sleep of the just/innocent

http://harvardmagazine.com/2005/01/chapter-verse.html

Expressão provavelmente originalmente traduzida de inglês (ou francês) para português.
Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis : Perfeito!
20 minutos
Obrigado Marlene
agree Nick Taylor : Right on
29 minutos
Thanks Nick
agree Ligia Costa
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Thank you
agree Scott Bowman : an idiomatic expressions that can be tranlsted literally.
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agree suesimons
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agree Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
9 horas
agree Giuliano Morais
14 horas
agree airmailrpl : -
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to sleep soundly

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sleep like a baby..sleep like a log

dormir o sono dos justos => sleep like a baby..sleep like a log

sleep like a log and sleep like a baby
to sleep very soundly. Everyone in our family sleeps like a log, so no one heard the thunderstorm in the middle of the night. Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a baby.
http://www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sleep like a baby

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sleep like a log
to sleep very well
With a full stomach and a warm blanket, I slept like a log.

Idiom Definitions for 'Sleep like a baby'
If you sleep very well, you sleep like a baby.
Read more at http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/sleep like a ba...

The best thing to sleep on is a clear conscience.

People who say they sleep like a baby haven't got one.

Peer comment(s):

agree Paulinho Fonseca
1 hora
agradeço
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the sleep of the innocent

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Example sentence:

to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent.

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sleep like an angel

Outra sugestão.
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agree Lais Leite
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Thanks.
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to enjoy the sleep of the just . . .

Suggestion:

to enjoy the sleep of the just . . .
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sleeping on the side of the angels

i do believe this is the correct expression
Peer comment(s):

agree Lais Leite
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agree Davideo : thank you
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