English Reference

Idiom

sick list

Meaning

A list of people who are ill.

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

Examples

“He is on the sick list today.”

“With half the team on the sick list, we had to cancel the meeting.”

“The manager grew frustrated as the project deadline approached while several key engineers remained on the sick list.”

Examples

simple

“He is on the sick list today.”

contextual

“With half the team on the sick list, we had to cancel the meeting.”

complex

“The manager grew frustrated as the project deadline approached while several key engineers remained on the sick list.”

Key words

Related idioms

This entry

Updated
English Reference