Sleep like a top

No. You probably misheard "sleep like a log".

It is in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, fifth edition, without comment. They label Americanisms.

Thanks a lot, enoon.

Are you an American English speaker? Have you heard "sleep like a top" said in the US?

HUBLOTThanks a lot, enoon.Are you an American English speaker? Have you heard "sleep like a top" said in the US?

You can look at my profile, where all is revealed (all I revealed, anyway). I am a lifelong speaker of American English from the Middle Atlantic region. "Sleep like a top" is not the usual way of putting it here, but it does not sound strange, eithe

It exists in BrE, but it's rather dated now.

5jj (speaker of BrE)

Thanks a lot, enoon and fivejedjon.