fall asleep | Idiomator

Meaning: To pass from a state ofwakefulnessintosleep.1914November,Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider[…]”, inMunsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.:The Frank A[ndrew]Munsey Company,[…], published1915,→OCLC, chapter II (Burglary),page378, column 1:Shewakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she hadfallen asleepit had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.; (idiomatic,figurative)To be affected byparesthesia; to gonumb.My left leg hasfallen asleep!; (poetic,euphemistic)Todie(often seen ongravestones).1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Acts7:60:And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, hefell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death.

Examples:

EN: He knew he couldn't fall asleep.
ES: Sabe que no podrá conciliar el sueño.
EN: That evening I couldn't fall asleep.
ES: Esa noche no podía conciliar el sueño.
EN: How dare he let me fall asleep!
ES: ¡Cómo podéis dejarme dormir!
EN: She always waits for the gentlemars return, else she can't fall asleep.
ES: - Justo al lado. ¿Justo al lado?
EN: Yeah, then white man fall asleep, Indian take ax, give white man haircut. I know that stuff.
ES: Hombre blanco dormir, indio coger hacha y cortar cabellera a hombre blanco.
EN: All I need to fall asleep is a bed.
ES: Para dormir, me basta con una cama.
EN: don't fall asleep during the voyage, Chief Cashier why not?
ES: Sobre todo, no se quede dormido durante el viaje, sr. Cajero Jefe. ¿Por qué no?
EN: So dream on, Ostend, and fall asleep.
ES: # así que sueña, Ostend, y duérmete.
ES: # sueña, Ostend, y duérmete.
EN: I can't fall asleep.
ES: No me puedo dormir.
EN: I assure you, all the ladies fall asleep happily.
ES: Le aseguro que todas las damas se quedan dormidas alegremente.
EN: You will be awake in a minute, but it sure will fall asleep.
ES: Estará consciente en un minuto, pero seguro que caerá rendido.
EN: How can I fall asleep if you keep asking me if I can't sleep just when I'm about to fall asleep?
ES: ¿Cómo voy a dormirme si no paras de preguntarme si no puedo dormirme justo cuando estoy a punto de dormirme?
ES: ¿Cómo voy a dormirme si no paras de preguntarme si no puedo dormirme justo cuando estoy a punto de dormirme?
EN: That way it'II take even longer for me to fall asleep.
ES: Así me llevará aún más tiempo dormirme.
EN: Besides, I don't want to fall asleep.
ES: Además, no quiero dormir.
EN: Keep cou nting and you'II fall asleep.
ES: Sigue contando y te dormirás.

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