{adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Fast asleep. * /Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o'clock this morning./ 2. As if dead; unconscious. * /Tom was hit on the head by a baseball and was dead to the world for two hours./
DEAD TO THE WORLD
Meaning of DEAD TO THE WORLD in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012