flat on one's back

This necessitates lying flat on one's back in the clear narrow space between smoke and flooring, or being suffocated—a minor inconvenience as compared with others in Persian travel.

It was said in some book of travel that one might see twenty-four miles in any direction from Ribe, lying flat on one's back; but that was drawing the long bow.

S. tataqelu. tatale v. tr., to uncover, reveal. tatao v. i., to be flat, on one's back. tau 1. v. i., to wash; tau aba, to wash hands. taufi v. tr. tau 2. v. i., to be far off; be a long time; too ka tau, too ka tau, for ever and ever.