saw wood

• Старомодное американское сленговое выражение, означающее громко храпеть во сне или крепко спать. Фраза в шутку сравнивает звук храпа с ритмичным шумом пиления дров.

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.

   Пилить дрова

   • 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.

   Храпеть громко

   • 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.