halong bay tour
0 votes
in Education by

What's the meaning of "sick and tired" idiom? Please give me some examples!

6 Answers

0 votes
by

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 
0 votes
by

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being sick and tired of something you cannot change can be frustrating.
 
0 votes
by

Idiom Usage:

Usually in the form:
"to be sick and tired (of)"
 
0 votes
by

Idiom Scenario 2:


The government has announced that they will raise taxes again.  The government raised taxes last year and the year before that and two times the year before that.  There are no new government services to justify the increase in taxes.
Are you sick and tired of the government raising taxes?
image
0 votes
by

Idiom Scenario 1:


Two university students are sitting in their American History class.  They are listening to the professor drone on and on and on about some boring detail of American history.  The professor has been talking and talking about the same uninteresting detail for three classes.  One student turns to the other student and says ...
"You know, I am getting sick and tired of listening to the same boring details day after day."
image

0 votes
by

Idiom Definition:


"to be sick and tired"
to be completely bored and perhaps upset with something that has been occurring for too long a time
 
Synonyms:
annoyed, blasé, blue, bored, depressed, discontented, dismal, dissatisfied, down, gloomy, glum, jaded, tired, weary
 
 
The man is sick and tired of shopping. - - - - ->  a woman carrying armloads of clothing is trying to drag a man to do more shopping.  the man wears an expression of utter boredom.




You are using Adblock

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.

Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

I turned off Adblock
...