There was, of course, a good deal of noise - running about, the, shouts of the sailors, the thrashing of the sails - enough, in fact, to
wake the dead.
There was Peg Barney sittin' on the groun' in his shirt - wan shoe off an' wan shoe on - whackin' a tent-peg over the head wid his boot, an' singin' fit to
wake the dead.
Now the sound of heavy guns Rumble inside his head And the screaming 'whizz-bangs' Enough to
wake the dead.
A BONE-crunching, nerve-jangling tune that could
wake the dead.
It's enough to
wake the dead or at least the sleeping.
Too much coffee not only makes sleeping difficult but can appear to
wake the dead.
We
wake the dead in dimly lit, carpeted rooms that are sometimes ridiculously called "salons.
Schoenberg's ``Gurrelieder'' is a work of gargantuan proportions, requiring five vocal soloists, a speaker, three male choruses, a mixed chorus and an overstuffed orchestra that includes eight flutes, five oboes, seven clarinets, 10 horns, six trumpets, eight trombones, four harps and a collection of percussion instruments to
wake the dead.
Then there's that bloke who loves to dismantle his car in the gutter while playing his radio loud enough to
wake the dead.
It's omnipotent, omnipresent, timeless; it can work miracles and
wake the dead, cure the sick, make happy endings, judge and punish.
In this case, it comes in the form of a delightful CD, Wake The Dead.
An Irish wake is a spectacular cultural expression of love and Wake The Dead is nothing short of an Irish wake.
The first series of the Golden Globenominated series about a pie shop owner with an ability to
wake the dead.
You'd have thought she would have made enough noise to
wake the dead.
A rave music fan whose six-foot-high speakers blasted out above a funeral parlour "made enough noise to
wake the dead," neighbours said yesterday.
