| 单词 | fed up |
| 释义 | fed up (once / 4628 pages) adj When you're fed up, you've had just about enough. Your math teacher may get so fed up with her students being late that she gives the entire class detention. Other ways to say fed up include weary or sick and tired. When someone just can't take any more, he is fed up. The phrase comes from the idea of being overly full, or "satiated with food." It became popular in the eighteenth century to describe lazy rich people as being fed up, or "fed up to the eyeballs." The sense of having too much of something extends to today's fed up. WORD FAMILYfed up USAGE EXAMPLESThese wounds were inflicted when I was much younger and fed up with everything. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) By October, Mr. Fernandez was increasingly afraid — and fed up. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) David Bowie and Prince were fed up with our national hissy fit, our utter lack of cool. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) adj having a strong distaste from surfeit fed up with their complaints Syn disgusted, sick, sick of, tired of displeased not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure |
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