someone could do something in their sleep

could (do something) in (one's) sleep

Is able to do something with very little or no difficulty, or complete or accomplish something in a relaxed, carefree, or effortless manner. It took me a little while to get used to this job, but now I could do it in my sleep! You should ask Johnny for help—he could do this level of math in his sleep. Back when I lived in the city, I could parallel park in my sleep, but I'm so out of practice now.

See also: could, sleep

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someone could do something in their sleep

someone could do or accomplish something with no effort or conscious thought. informal

See also: could, sleep, someone, something

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