| 词汇 | to be sick as a dog |
| 释义 | (redirected from to be sick as a dog)*sick as a dogCliché very sick; sick and vomiting. (*Also: as ~.) We've never been so ill. The whole family was sick as dogs. Sally was as sick as a dog and couldn't go to the party. sick as a dogVery ill, especially from a stomach malady. For example, I don't know what was in that stew but I was sick as a dog all night. This simile was first recorded in 1705. Why a dog should be viewed as particularly sick remains unclear. sick as a dogIf you are as sick as a dog, you are very ill. The last time I ate shellfish I was sick as a dog for 48 hours afterwards. sick as a dogextremely ill. informal(as) sick as a ˈdog(informal) feeling very ill; vomiting a lot: I was sick as a dog last night.sick as a dog, to beTo feel very ill, particularly to feel nauseated. Despite being touted as man’s best friend, dogs are often maligned. This proverbial simile dates from the sixteenth century or earlier and is still current. Occasionally it has appeared with sick meaning “tired of,” as by David Garrick (Neck or Nothing, 1766, 1:1): “I am sick as a dog of being a valet.” |
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