out cold

Another unconventional character is Gudetama, or "lazy egg", who is living with depression and fires out cold one-liners that reflect dark realities of life.

In some cases, officers recommended for firing by the chief have been allowed to keep their jobs even though they were found to have violated department policy by lying about physical altercations, including one in which an officer knocked a woman out cold.

Some found that shocking but that's how it is when a fighter gets knocked out cold.

"I was knocked out cold and then after a couple of minutes you come around," he says.

Uncle Ty’s knocked out cold on our living-room sofa.