going to be sick
3
3.0
- idiom
- I think I'm going to be sick.
- think I'm going to be sick
- going to be sick," said
- afraid I'm going to be sick
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Watch on YouTubeYeah, just travel without feelings, like I'm going to be sick.
- Yeah, just travel without feelings, like I'm going to be sick.
- And then he said hiring Big Brother wants you to excuse him, He's just going to be sick in the waste paper basket.
- I remember him whispering to me like, you can't marry me now because I'm going to be sick.
- Don't do it because if you do, you're going to be sick a lot longer.
Examples
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Greg said he was going to be sick, and he staggered into the bathroom.
Fiction book (1992) -
"I think I'm going to be sick," she said.
Fiction book (2001) -
For a second, I think I am going to be sick.
Fiction book (1994) -
I think I'm going to be sick.
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I think I'm gonna be sick.
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I just feel like I'm gonna be sick.
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Oh my God, I think I'm going to be sick.
Fiction book (1993) -
Pitt was afraid he was going to be sick.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'm afraid I'm going to be sick, and I stagger from the auditorium.
Fiction book (1996) -
After eating that spoiled food, I thought I was going to be sick.
Synonyms
69
4.4
Feeling like you will be sick
20
4.1
Feeling sick and likely to throw up
17
1.0
Feeling like you might throw up
13
4.5
Feeling sick and likely to vomit
Antonyms
How Nauseous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'going to' conveys coming into or about to enter a state and 'sick' names the state of nausea, so a learner who knows the constituents will infer 'about to vomit' or 'become sick.' This near-future/become-state construction is frequent in English and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, making the expression immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Going to be sick creates a simple picture: someone is going toward being sick, like when you hurry to the bathroom because you feel you will throw up. That's why it means 'feeling as if you will vomit'.