VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Be sick and tired of

Meaning:

The phrase to be sick and tired of something or of doing something is an idiomatic expression which means to be angry and bored because something unpleasant has been happening for a long time.

Examples:

  • Now is the time to give him a name, he must be sick and tired of being called "guardian angel".
  • Ben will be sick and tired of being in situations of extreme emergency, I drop everything and go be a postman; at least this time l emergency' has served to solve the crisis with Bailey, created by another impromptu caesarean.