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(as) sick as a parrotBritish informal Extremely disappointed: if I was to break my leg tomorrow I’d be as sick as a parrot...- ‘I really am, as the old cliché goes, sick as a parrot because I really do think it was three points missed and at this stage of the season we need three points, nothing more, nothing less,’ he said.
- It's a fair bet that the husband was sick as a parrot when he found out he had missed the first half of the season.
- Dave, should have looked as sick as a parrot, but instead beamed a ghastly smile as he enthused about the prospect of Team GB entering a British Football Team into the 2012 Olympic Games.
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