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Idiom

sick and tired

Meaning

Bored to the point of weariness.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I am sick and tired of this rainy weather.”

“She is sick and tired of working long hours every weekend without getting any extra pay.”

“After years of dealing with the same repetitive problems, the manager grew sick and tired of the lack of progress and decided to resign.”

Examples

simple

“I am sick and tired of this rainy weather.”

contextual

“She is sick and tired of working long hours every weekend without getting any extra pay.”

complex

“After years of dealing with the same repetitive problems, the manager grew sick and tired of the lack of progress and decided to resign.”

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