| 词汇 | sick and tired of |
| 释义 | Idiom sick and tired of someone or something Theme: ANNOYANCE disgusted and annoyed with someone or something. (Fixed order.)I'm sick and tired of Ann and her whistling.We are all sick and tired of this old car. Idiom sick and tired ofsick (and tired) of (someone/something) annoyed by someone or something.They visited so often that she was sick of them by the end of the summer.I'm sick and tired of hearing the same old excuses! Usage notes: usually said about something that you have accepted for too long Related vocabulary: sick to death of somethingsick and tired of adjective bored or fed-up with someone or something UK, 1783sick and tired of (something)Exceedingly wearied by, bored of, or exasperated with something. I'm sick and tired of doing my boss's errands. If something doesn't change soon, I'm going to quit! I was all gung-ho about this graduate program when I first began, but I must admit that I've grown sick and tired of these boring lectures. sick and tiredAlso, sick or tired to death . Thoroughly weary or bored, as in I'm sick and tired of these begging phone calls, or She was sick to death of that endless recorded music. These hyperbolic expressions of exasperation imply one is weary to the point of illness or death. The first dates from the late 1700s, the first variant from the late 1800s, and the second variant from the first half of the 1700s. sick and tiredannoyed about or bored with something and unwilling to put up with it any longer. informalsick and tired Thoroughly weary, discouraged, or bored. sick and tiredDisgusted, completely weary of. This expression, also put as sick or tired to death, suggests one is fed up to the point of illness or death. J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur used it in Sketches of 18th-Century America (1783): “I am quite sick and tired of these pretended conscientious non-fighting mortals.” |
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