English Idiom: What Does it Mean to Sleep like a Baby? #shorts

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It's Jack from tofluency.com. Now, I've got a  quick phrase to teach you today which is to sleep  
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like a baby. Now, I went to bed early last night,  I woke up at a good time, I slept like a baby last  
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night - I slept like a baby which means to sleep  really well. Now, I don't understand this phrase  
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because babies don't sleep well at all. If you  have had a baby, then you'll know that they wake  
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up a lot during the night. So, I don't understand  why we say this - to sleep like a baby - but it  
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means to sleep really well. And last night, I  slept like a baby. How did you sleep last night?
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