Which term means 'Deep sleep, often used in idiomatic expressions'

• A. Tulog-mantika
• B. Taingang-kawali
• C. Metro
• D. Kuntador

Answer: (A)

Tulog-mantika describes a state of very deep sleep, often used in everyday speech to emphasize that someone won’t wake up easily despite noise or disturbance. The image comes from the idea of sleeping so soundly that, like being coated in oil (mantika), you remain still and undisturbed. It’s a common idiom in Tagalog conversations, suitable for describing a person who is hard to wake or who seems utterly oblivious to what’s happening around them.

The other options don’t fit this sense: taingang-kawali refers to someone who is hard of hearing, metro is a borrowed term for a city area, and kuntador isn’t used to describe sleep at all.