saw wood

• Expressão americana antiga de gíria que significa roncar alto durante o sono ou dormir profundamente. A frase compara de brincadeira o som do ronco com o ruído ritmado de serrar madeira.

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.

   Serra madeira

   • 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.

   Roncar alto

   • 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.