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to had it up to here

to had it up to here

9 9.0
To no longer accept something annoying or unfair
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : estar hasta aquí
  • Me and dad have had it up to here with your behavior.
  • I know, I've had it up to here
  • people have had it up to here

Examples

  • I've had it up to here with you.

    Miss Meadows (2014)

  • I had it up to here with this Turbo Man!

    Jingle All the Way (1996)

  • I had had it up to here, Facebook, and I left you!

    Academic text (2011)

  • People have had it up to here with fees, and this one sounds not so well thought out to me.

    Blog text (14)

  • I have had it up to here with the Republican intransigence against the United States of America.

    Blog text (17)

  • I have had it up to here with your negativity, Joshy-Z.

    Rock of Ages (2012)

  • Mr. Speck, I've had it up to here with your behavior.

    Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007)

  • She'd had it up to here with all the official visits, the motorcades, and sirens.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I have had it up to here with the constant noise from the construction outside.

  • After weeks of delays, she finally had it up to here with the lack of communication from her team.

Synonyms

sick of
vsto had it up to here
  • Informal
522 5.8

Tired of something because you have had too much of it

expresses refusal to tolerate rather than general boredom
fed up with
vsto had it up to here
  • Informal
83 3.9

Feeling annoyed or bored because something has gone on too long

expresses stronger intolerance instead of milder boredom or annoyance
to had it with
vsto had it up to here
  • Informal
49 8.0

To be no longer willing to put up with someone or something

is the same informal expression stating clear limit of patience
up to here
vsto had it up to here
  • Informal
5 7.4

Someone who has no more patience because of many annoying things

is used more generally for total intolerance not only repeated annoyances

Antonyms

to accept
∞ 3.5

To tolerate an unpleasant situation without complaining

to tolerate
290 3.5

Endure something unpleasant without complaining

How Fed Up

furious
238 3.0
at the end of one's rope
  • Informal
11 7.5
to had it up to here
  • Informal
9 9.0
fed up
  • Informal
121 3.6
irritated
44 3.1
annoyed
77 1.0

Surface Forms

had it up to here infinitive

Morphology

have + it + up + to + here

The expression uses a clear spatial metaphor: 'have' (to experience) plus 'up to here' (a limit or point) gives a plausible sense of reaching one’s tolerance threshold, so learners who know the words can often infer a related idea. However, the pronominal 'it' and the conventionalized idiomatic force ('can no longer tolerate') are not fully predictable from the parts and require some exposure, making the phrase only partially compositional.

Etymology

Had it up to here comes from a common action: people lift a hand and point up to a place here on their body, like the chest or nose, to show they have reached a limit. So, it means 'to be unable to tolerate something any more'.