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                           Phrase(s): wake the dead  Fig. to be so loud as to wake those who are "sleeping" the most soundly: the dead.  •  You are making enough noise to wake the dead.  •  Stop hollering! You’ll wake the dead!
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs