sick and tired
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5.3
- idiom
- Informal
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- It's just that I'm sick and tired of living among the dead.
At some point, I got sick and tired of my own story.
- At some point, I got sick and tired of my own story.
- Are you sick and tired of your athlete's foot?
- And I was sick and tired of just waking up, not knowing.
- And I am so damn sick and tired of the narcissist winning.
- And they were sick and tired of being sick and tired.
- And then, yeah, then just eventually got sick and tired of it and a bit embarrassed.
- They say they are sick and tired of misinformation about first cousins having children.
- Well, let's say this small suburb out of here in LA decided one day, hey, we're sick and tired of toxic partisan politics.
- But it was sort of like when that broke out after the lockdowns when the parents got sick and tired of it.
Examples
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I'm sick and tired of it.
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As an American citizen, I am sick and tired of paying for European security.
Blog text (3) -
At some point, I got sick and tired of my own story.
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At some point I got sick and tired of my own story.
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And they were sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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And it starts off by you getting sick and tired of the version of yourself that showed up here.
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Let me tell you how sick and tired I am.
Fiction book (1990) -
By God, we are sick and tired of it all!
Fiction book (1994) -
We're sick and tired of empty promises.
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I'm sick and tired of my job; it feels like I'm not making any progress.
Synonyms
∞
6.3
Feeling very upset and disgusted because of worry or jealousy
∞
1.9
Bored or annoyed because you have had enough of something that keeps happening
522
5.8
Tired of something because you have had too much of it
121
3.6
Annoyed, bored, or tired because you have had too much of something
83
3.9
Feeling annoyed or bored because something has gone on too long
40
6.3
Feeling bored and tired after doing or seeing something too often
1
8.9
Annoyed and fed up after repeated problems or long delays
Very annoyed and no longer willing to accept someone or something
Very ill or very fed up with something
Antonyms
How Annoyed
18
4.4
- Informal
117
5.3
- Informal
121
3.6
44
3.1
77
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines two negative states ('sick' and 'tired') to produce an intensified complaint, so a learner who knows the constituent meanings will likely infer a strong negative feeling. However, the specific sense 'fed up' (emotionally exasperated) is an intensified, somewhat idiomatic extension rather than a direct literal composition of physical illness + exhaustion, so full comprehension may require prior exposure.
Etymology
The idiom sick and tired paints a clear image: someone is both sick (ill) and tired (totally worn out), so they cannot stand something any more. That's why it means 'fed up' or 'completely annoyed'.