sleeping policeman

Meaning: (Britishand Caribbean English,idiomatic)Aspeed bump.2000July 5, William Weir, “They're looking up 'Yankspeak' for the Oxford English Dictionary”, inCNN.com, retrieved18 September 2007:We don't care much to figure out terms like "brolly" (umbrella) and "sleeping policeman" (speed bump).

Examples:

EN: If a car can't get over a sleeping policeman, it can't go on that board.
ES: Si el auto no puede pasar por un policía durmiendo, no puede ir en el tablero.
EN: I mean never mind a sleeping policeman, you'd rip that off if you ran over Gandhi.
ES: La destrozarías si atropellas a Ghandi.

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