saw wood

• Veralteter amerikanischer Slangausdruck, der bedeutet, laut im Schlaf zu schnarchen oder tief und fest zu schlafen. Die Wendung vergleicht den Klang des Schnarchens scherzhaft mit dem rhythmischen Geräusch des Sägens von Holz.

An old-fashioned American slang expression meaning to snore loudly while sleeping, or to be deeply asleep. The phrase humorously compares the sound of snoring to the rhythmic noise of sawing wood.

1. Literal meaningA2formal

   To cut wood using a saw.

   Holz sägen

   • He spent the afternoon sawing wood for the fireplace.
   • The carpenter was sawing wood to build a table.
   • They sawed wood into planks for the new shed.

2. Snoring loudlyB2informalamerican

   An informal idiom meaning to snore loudly while sleeping.

   Laut schnarchen

   • He was sawing wood so loudly that I couldn't sleep.
   • After the long hike, he fell asleep and started sawing wood.
   • She complained that her husband was sawing wood all night.