as tired as HE-double-toothpicks

9.9

So tired you can hardly move

idiom

Informal

: extremadamente cansado

She worked a double shift and came home as tired as HE-double-toothpicks.

Examples

After finishing the marathon, I felt as tired as HE-double-toothpicks and could barely move.
By the end of exam week, all the students looked as tired as HE-double-toothpicks.
I'm as tired as HE-double-toothpicks!
After that long hike, I am as tired as HE-double-toothpicks!
After finishing the marathon, I felt as tired as HE-double-toothpicks and could barely move.
By the end of exam week, all the students looked as tired as HE-double-toothpicks.
She worked a double shift and came home as tired as HE-double-toothpicks.

Synonyms

tired

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

∞ 1.0

Needing rest or sleep because you have little energy

amplifies that normal tiredness into an extreme, joking expression

exhausted

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

104 2.0

Very tired and completely used up for a person or thing after using all energy

is the same exhaustion described with humorous wording

all in

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

27 5.4

Very tired and cannot do anything

expresses identical tiredness but with a jokey phrase

burned-out

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

27 4.4

Very tired after doing too much work for a long time

uses a humorous turn of phrase rather than a clinical tone

worn out

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

23 2.9

Feeling very tired and having no energy

expresses that state using a comic, euphemistic phrase

fatigued

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

13 4.1

Feeling very tired and having no energy

frames the same fatigue in a light, humorous way

knackered

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

3 8.5

Feeling very tired and having no energy

keeps the same meaning but sounds more playful and odd

dog-tired

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

3 6.4

Very tired after doing hard work for a long time

uses a humorous, exaggerated expression instead of plain wording

totn

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Slang

2 9.9

Feeling very tired and without energy

keeps the same slangy exhaustion but with comic imagery

bushed

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

1 8.2

Feeling very tired after a long time of hard work or activity

sets the same tiredness inside a playful, euphemistic expression

zonked

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

1 9.1

Very tired, asleep, or feeling the effect of alcohol

focuses only on exhaustion but in a playful figurative way

aweary

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Archaic

1 9.9

Very tired in both body and mind from long trouble or hard work

turns that serious, archaic tiredness into a light, playful phrase

deuced tired

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Archaic

9.9

Feeling very tired and unable to do much

is the same idea but in a playful euphemistic form

bone-deep tired

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

8.2

Very tired all through your body so you can barely move

says the same extreme tiredness but in a joking tone

perishingly tired

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

7.9

Very low on energy and unable to do much

gives that high intensity through a playful, unusual phrase

overworn

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

6.1

Very tired because of too much work or travel

keeps extreme tiredness but shifts tone to comic exaggeration

tuckered

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

7.4

Very tired after a lot of activity or a long day

keeps that exhaustion but presents it as a comic saying

knickered

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

9.6

Very tired after hard physical activity

recasts that same tiredness as a deliberately funny phrase

whacked

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

9.3

Feeling very tired with no energy left

keeps the exhaustion but uses a jocular, euphemistic style

wacked

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

8.7

Very tired and without energy after hard work

changes the same fact into a humorous, exaggerated expression

whooped

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

6.0

Feeling very tired after physical effort

keeps the exhaustion but makes the phrase sound whimsical

totally zogged

vsas tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Slang

9.9

Feeling very tired and without energy

expresses identical exhaustion but as a humorous old-fashioned joke

Antonyms

energetic

93 1.6

Full of energy and active

refreshed

1 1.5

Feeling rested and full of new energy after a break

How Tired

as tired as HE-double-toothpicks

Informal

9.9

exhausted

104 2.0

weary

129 3.2

tired

∞ 1.0

sleepy

142 1.0

rested

1.0

Surface Forms

as tired as HE-double-toothpicks positive

Morphology

as + tired + as + HE-double-toothpicks

The simile frame 'as ... as ...' plus the adjective 'tired' signals exaggeration, so a learner who knows those constituents can infer this expresses a very high degree of tiredness. However, the nonce euphemism 'HE-double-toothpicks' is a playful, non-compositional element whose specific form and origin are opaque, so the exact phrasing is idiomatic rather than fully predictable.

Etymology

As tired as HE-double-toothpicks is a playful, non-offensive way to say 'as tired as hell' by spelling H-E and imagining two toothpicks standing for the two 'L' letters. That's why it means 'extremely tired'.