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sick and tired
Also,. Thoroughly weary or bored, as in I'm sick and tired of these begging phone calls, or She was sick to death of that endless recorded music. These hyperbolic expressions of exasperation imply one is weary to the point of illness or death. The first dates from the late 1700s, the first variant from the late 1800s, and the second variant from the first half of the 1700s.
Example Sentences
The country could not afford to lift the two-child benefit cap, she said, adding the public are "sick and tired of politicians making promises they cannot keep".
“As a physician, I’m sick and tired of nonmedical people telling us how to practice medicine,” said an older woman with white hair and a hot pink T-shirt.
As a die-hard, longtime Clipper fan, I am sick and tired of opening the sports section and seeing dual full page coverage, including pictures of the Lakers in action and the Clippers coverage relegated to a small corner two pages in.
"We're sick and tired of being workhorses for people," she said.
“She tells our historical stories and stories about what is possible for us in the future, and stories that are presented in a way where people can see the fact that we do exist, and that we have stories that are not the stereotypical stories that you may hear. I wanted it to be able to resonate with an audience that actually looked like me, that gets sick and tired of stories that are not representative.”
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