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In this English lesson I wanted to help you learn the English phrase asleep at the wheel. When you are asleep at the wheel, it means you're not doing your job. It comes from the idea that when you're driving a vehicle, you should not fall asleep while you're holding onto the steering wheel. But we use it to describe anyone who is not doing their job. We say that they are asleep at the wheel. We actually use this a lot to talk about people who are in charge of something. Maybe someone at your work is in charge of a project, and they're not doing their job. We would say that they are asleep at the wheel. Certainly it's not something that you want to do. You want to be alert. You want to be doing your job at all times. You don't want to be asleep at the wheel.

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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase, sound asleep. I'm not sure if you knew we had this word in English, asleep. When you sleep, it means you close your eyes, and you go to sleep. But then we would say that you are asleep. Last night, I was asleep all night. It was a great night. When someone is sound asleep, it means that they are in a very, very deep sleep. Sometimes when we go driving, our children, our younger children, will fall asleep if we go on a long trip. And when we get to the place where we are going, they will be sound asleep. We'll say their names, and that won't even wake them up. So when you are sound asleep it means that you are in a very, very deep sleep, usually a very restful sleep as well.

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