sleep of the just
noun/ˈsliːp əv ðə ˈdʒʌst/UK/ˈslip əv ðə ˈdʒʌst/US
Etymology
From the idea that people who act justly have no worries and so sleep well, while unjust people are concerned about the consequences of their actions and so sleep poorly.
Definitions
A deep and worry-free sleep.
- Make your mind easy, Percival. Sleep, my son, the sleep of the just; and see what I will do for you when daylight comes to help us both.
- Then—Smith went to bed, and slept the sleep of the just, with not a glimmering of an idea that he was not the unselfishest and lovingest of husbands.
A peaceful death or burial.
- At length he [Jean-Pierre-François Guillot-Duhamel] slept the sleep of the just, on the 19th February 1816, aged somewhat less than 86 years old.
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