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sick to the back teeth

sick to the back teeth phrase: extremely annoyed, fed up, tired (of or with something).

Phrase

sick to the back teeth

  1. (UK, idiomatic) Extremely annoyed, fed up, tired (of or with something).
    • "Passengers are sick to their back teeth of paying for boardroom largesse and eye-watering fares."2019 December 18, Andrew Roden, “Rail fares to rise by an average of 2.7% in January”, in Rail, page 17

Synonyms of sick to the back teeth

Questions about sick to the back teeth

What does sick to the back teeth mean?
Sick to the back teeth means extremely annoyed, fed up, tired (of or with something).
What part of speech is sick to the back teeth?
Sick to the back teeth is a phrase.

Words near sick to the back teeth in the dictionary

  1. sick puppy
  2. sick sack
  3. sick sacks
  4. sick sinus syndrome
  5. sick to one's stomach
  6. sick to the back teeth
  7. sick unto death
  8. sick up
  9. sick-abed
  10. sick-abeds
  11. sick-ass

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