sleep like a dog

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sleep like a dog (third-person singular simple present sleeps like a dog, present participle sleeping like a dog, simple past and past participle slept like a dog)

1. (simile) Synonym of sleep like a log
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate:

     Skookum Bill, full of restless, tireless energy when on the trail, now passed to the other extreme. He slept like a dog, sixteen hours a day, rising to eat and smoke, and then falling back in his bunk, where he coiled himself very much like a hibernating bear. He was stupid with sleep, drugged with it, and he did absolutely nothing, leaving all the work to his partner.