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Is there anyone who doesn’t love sleep? Russians have numerous idioms to describe the pleasure!
Examples with literal translations:
- Когда я вернулась с работы, ты спал, как младенец!
- When I came home from work, you were sleeping like a baby!
- Сегодня я спала, как убитая - ни одного сна не приснилось!
- Today I slept like I was dead - I didn't have a single dream!
- Посмотри - он так утомился, спит без задних ног!
- Look - he's so tired, he's sleeping with no hind legs!
- Все выходные я спал, как сурок. Даже не выходил из дома.
- I slept like a groundhog the entire weekend. I didn't even leave the house.
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