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up to here

5 7.4
Someone who has no more patience because of many annoying things
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : hasta aquí
  • I've had it up to here with all of your excuses.

After a while when I was fully up to here and the sheep was really looking at me in a cross way, I said how many holes does a sheep have at the back?

Examples

  • I've had it up to here with you.

    Miss Meadows (2014)

  • But, uh, by this time, uh, Fleischaker, he had it up to here with the Jew-haters.

    The Fabelmans (2022)

  • And I'm tired up to here with it...

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I've had it up to here.

    The Ape (2005)

  • All right, children, I've had it up to here.

    Addams Family Values (1993)

  • We've had it up to here.

    The Bounty (1984)

  • After a while when I was fully up to here and the sheep was really looking at me in a cross way, I said how many holes does a sheep have at the back?

    The Jonathan Ross Show

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

    Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck (2007)

  • You know how, even when you've had it all up to here with someone and you know you can't stand to spend another miserable minute with her, but seeing her with someone else makes her all desirable again?

    Fiction book (2000)

  • She finally shouted, 'I've had it up to here with your constant interruptions!'

Synonyms

to had it with
vsup to here
  • Informal
49 8.0

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

expresses reaching the patience limit after ongoing irritation
at the end of one's rope
vsup to here
  • Informal
11 7.5

You are unable to deal with something because you have no patience or energy

focuses on patience limit from repeated annoyance rather than resource loss
to had it up to here
vsup to here
  • Informal
9 9.0

To no longer accept something annoying or unfair

is about reaching patience limit after repeated annoyances
at the end of one's tether
vsup to here
  • UK
1 8.5

Very tired and cannot deal with a situation any more

stresses reaching a tolerance limit from repeated annoyances rather than total collapse

Antonyms

patient
343 1.9

Able to stay calm and not get annoyed when waiting

tolerant
72 3.2

Accepting of people and ideas that are different

How Annoyed

furious
238 3.0
up to here
  • Informal
5 7.4
annoyed
77 1.0
irritated
44 3.1
calm
735 1.0

Surface Forms

up to here positive

Morphology

up + to + here

The phrase combines the spatial sense of 'up to' (reaching as far as) with 'here' (this point), so a learner who knows the constituents can plausibly infer a reached limit; however, the use to signal emotional tolerance or annoyance is a conventionalized, figurative extension rather than a purely literal composition. Cross-linguistically many languages use a similar spatial-to-emotional mapping, so the connection is discernible but not fully predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Up to here comes from the image of someone holding a hand up to here, at the level of the neck or head, to show how much they can take. So, it means 'reached the limit' or 'fed up'.