be (as) sick as a parrot Idiom, Proverb
Parrot fashion
If you learn something parrot fashion, you learn it word for word. A parrot is a bird from South America that can talk.
Sick as a parrot
If someone's sick as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, disappointed or depressed about it.
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adv. Like a parrot; by rote memorization and without any understanding.
The candidate delivered a speech that was prepared for him and he read it parrot-fashion.be (as) ailing as a parrot
To be thoroughly displeased, disappointed, or abject (about something). Primarily heard in UK. Tim was as ailing as a parrot back he abstruse that he had been anesthetized over for the promotion. I'm captivated that my accouchement accept such admirable opportunities abroad, but I charge say I've been ailing as a parrot at the thoughts of actuality afar from them for so long.Learn more: parrot, sick