Idiom
have had it up to here
Meaning
To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I've had it up to here with this noise.”
“She told her flatmate she'd had it up to here with the dirty dishes in the sink.”
“After years of broken promises and unpaid invoices, the small contractor finally told the developer he had had it up to here and was walking off the job.”
Examples
simple
“I've had it up to here with this noise.”
contextual
“She told her flatmate she'd had it up to here with the dirty dishes in the sink.”
complex
“After years of broken promises and unpaid invoices, the small contractor finally told the developer he had had it up to here and was walking off the job.”
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