B1🐺 Animals
Dormire come un orso
To sleep very deeply, especially in winter
Literal Translation
"To sleep like a bear"
What it means
To sleep very deeply, especially in winter
Example in context
"In inverno dorme come un orso, è quasi impossibile svegliarlo."
"In winter he sleeps like a bear — it's almost impossible to wake him."
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