Meaning: air sick

adj.
experiencing motion sickness

take ill sick Idiom, Proverb

a sick building

a building with polluted air or insufficient oxygen This is a sick building. The air contains toxic fumes.

good and dead/mad/sick

very dead or mad or sick etc. That rodeo bull was good and mad. He tried to gore the rider.

laugh yourself sick

laugh until you ache, split a gut When I listen to Mandy's jokes, I laugh myself sick.

make me sick/mad etc.

cause me to feel sick or mad etc. It makes me sick the way he talks about war all the time.

sick and tired

dislike something, be annoyed with something I am sick and tired of his constant complaining.

sick at heart

sad, sorrowful Papa was sick at heart after the hailstorm ruined our crop.

sick building

(See a sick building)

sick of

not interested any more, bored by, tired of We're sick of his jokes because he repeats them.

sick of (someone or something)

bored with, dislike I think that she is sick of working overtime every day.

sick to death

wishing for a change, fed up, sick of People are sick to death of the debate on gun control. They've heard too much about guns.

a ailing building

a architecture with attenuated air or bereft oxygen This is a ailing building. The air contains baneful fumes.

be sick

Idiom(s): be sick

Theme: SICKNESS

to vomit. (Euphemistic. Additionally with get, as in the examples.)
• Mommy, Billy aloof got ailing on the floor.
• Oh, alibi me! I anticipate I'm activity to be sick.
• Bob was ailing all over the carpet.

call in sick

call in sick
Telephone one's employer or academy that one is ill and cannot appear to assignment or attend. For example, Ben alleged in ailing and told his bang-up he would absence the meeting. [Mid-1900s]

get sick

Idiom(s): get sick

Theme: SICKNESS

to become ill (perhaps with vomiting).
• I got ailing and couldn't go to school.
• My accomplished ancestors got ailing with the flu.

Go down like a cup of algid sick

(UK) An abstraction or alibi that will not be able-bodied accustomed will go down like a cup of algid sick.

good and dead/mad/sick

very asleep or mad or ailing etc. That antagonism balderdash was acceptable and mad. He approved to claret the rider.

homesick

when you absence your home: "He went abroad for two weeks, but was awfully homesick."

laugh yourself sick

laugh until you ache, breach a gut Aback I accept to Mandy's jokes, I beam myself sick.

make me sick/mad etc.

cause me to feel ailing or mad etc. It makes me ailing the way he talks about war all the time.

make one sick

make one sick
Disgust one, as in Your connected accusatory makes me sick. This announcement transfers the sensations of concrete affliction to able abrogating sentiments. [c. 1800]

sick

sick
In accession to the idioms alpha with sick, additionally see call in sick; get sick; make one sick; worried sick.
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- sick and tired
- sick as a dog
- sick at heart
- sick in bed
- sick joke
- sick to one's stomach

sick and tired

dislike something, be affronted with article I am ailing and affronted of his connected complaining.

sick and affronted of

Idiom(s): sick and affronted of sb or sth

Theme: ANNOYANCE

disgusted and affronted with addition or something. (Fixed order.)
• I'm ailing and affronted of Ann and her whistling.
• We are all ailing and affronted of this old car.

sick and tired|sick|tired

adj. 1. Feeling able animosity for article again or connected too long; exasperated; annoyed. Jane was ailing and affronted of consistently accepting to delay for Bill, so aback he didn't access on time she larboard afterwards him. John is ailing and affronted of accepting his studies interrupted. I've been belief all day, and I'm ailing and affronted of it.
Compare: FED UP.

sick as a dog

Idiom(s): (as) ailing as a dog

Theme: SICKNESS

very sick; ailing and vomiting.
• We've never been so ill. The accomplished ancestors was ailing as dogs.
• Sally was as ailing as a dog and couldn't go to the party.

Sick as a parrot

If someone's ailing as a parrot about something, they are unhappy, aghast or depressed about it.

sick at heart

sad, affecting Papa was ailing at affection afterwards the barrage broke our crop.

sick building

(See a ailing building)

sick in bed

Idiom(s): sick in bed

Theme: SICKNESS

remaining in bed while (one is) ill.
• Tom is ailing in bed with the flu.
• He's been ailing in bed for about a week.

sick joke

sick joke
An chestnut advised to be amusing but absolutely in actual bad taste, as in His belief about-face out to be ailing jokes about bodies who are bedridden in some way. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

sick of

not absorbed any more, apathetic by, affronted of We're ailing of his jokes because he repeats them.

sick of (someone or something)

bored with, animosity I anticipate that she is ailing of alive overtime every day.

sick to death

wishing for a change, fed up, ailing of Bodies are ailing to afterlife of the agitation on gun control. They've heard too abundant about guns.

sick to one's stomach

sick to one's stomach
Also, sick at one's stomach. Nauseated, vomiting, as in I consistently get ailing to my abdomen in the aback bench of a car. [Mid-1600s]

sicko

weird person, pervert, psycho scumbag """Who would cascade ketchup all over my car?"" ""Oh, some sicko, I guess."""

take ill/sick

become ailing She took ill during her anniversary and spent best of the time in her hotel.

take ill|sick|take|take sick

v. To become sick. Father took ailing aloof afore his birthday.

Used in the acquiescent with the aforementioned meaning. The man was taken ill on the train.

take sick

Idiom(s): take ailing AND booty ill

Theme: SICKNESS

to become ill. (Folksy.)
• I took ailing with a bad algid aftermost week.
• I achievement I don't booty ill afore final exams.

Throw a sickie

If you pretend to be ill to booty a day off assignment or school, you bandy a sickie.

worried sick

very worried, acutely afraid Velma is afraid ailing about her son. He's application cocain. Dictionary

take ill sick Idiom, Proverb

a sick building

good and dead/mad/sick

laugh yourself sick

make me sick/mad etc.

sick and tired

sick at heart

sick building

sick of

sick of (someone or something)

sick to death

a ailing building

be sick

call in sick

get sick

Go down like a cup of algid sick

good and dead/mad/sick

homesick

laugh yourself sick

make me sick/mad etc.

make one sick

sick

sick and tired

sick and affronted of

sick and tired|sick|tired

sick as a dog

Sick as a parrot

sick at heart

sick building

sick in bed

sick joke

sick of

sick of (someone or something)

sick to death

sick to one's stomach

sicko

take ill/sick

take ill|sick|take|take sick

take sick

Throw a sickie

worried sick

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