sick

on the sick receiving sickness benefit. British informal

sick and tired annoyed about or bored with something and unwilling to put up with it any longer. informal

sick as a dog extremely ill. informal

sick as a parrot extremely disappointed. British humorous

☞ This expression established itself in the late 20th century as a catchphrase associated particularly with disappointed footballers or football managers. But in Aphra Behn's comedy The False Count (1682), we find Jacinta saying to her mistress 'Lord, Madam, you are as melancholy as a sick Parrot.'

2013Daily Telegraph It's wonderful. I'm delighted, thrilled, over the moon. It is the Labour Party who should be sick as a parrot.

the sick man of - a country that is politically or economically unsound, especially in comparison with its neighbours in the region specified.

☞ In the late 19th century, following a reported comment by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia about the moribund state of the Turkish empire, the Sultan of Turkey was described as the Sick Man of Europe. The term was later extended to Turkey itself and subsequently applied to other countries.

2013New Statesman Japan is growing at roughly 4 per cent-making it, improbably, the fastest-growing Group of Seven economy. Business confidence is at a six-year high. The sick man of Asia has … turned fleet of foot.

sick to death very annoyed by something and unwilling to put up with it any longer. informal

sick to your stomach

1 feeling nauseous.

2 disgusted.

worried sick so anxious as to make yourself ill.