arms of Morpheus
- idiom
- Archaic
:
brazos de Morfeo
- The gentle rain lulled her into the arms of Morpheus.
Examples
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Long hours of exhaustion finally brought him into the arms of Morpheus.
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After reading for a while, he drifted into the arms of Morpheus.
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After a long day, I fell into the arms of Morpheus.
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She finally found peace in the arms of Morpheus.
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After a long day at work, she fell into the arms of Morpheus as soon as her head hit the pillow.
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Reading her favorite book often sends him straight into the arms of Morpheus by the end of the chapter.
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The soothing music helped the children drift off into the arms of Morpheus effortlessly.
Synonyms
1
8.4
A deep peaceful rest after living a good life
1
8.0
A playful name for the world of sleep and dreams
Antonyms
How Asleep
- Specialized
259
5.4
14
2.8
- Archaic
1
3.7
6
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
arms + of + Morpheus
The phrase uses a transparent metaphorical mapping: 'arms' suggests an embrace and 'Morpheus' is the deity of dreams, so being 'in the arms of Morpheus' can be inferred as being asleep if the learner knows Morpheus. However, the expression relies on literary/mythological cultural knowledge and a figurative extension rather than a direct compositional meaning, so it is not fully predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Arms of Morpheus may come from old Greek stories about Morpheus, the god who brings dreams, where people are held in his arms as they fall 'asleep'. That's why the phrase means 'to be asleep' today.