I'm fed up
I'm irritated and want to stop
TRANSLATION
fed up = die Nase voll haben --- GOOGLE INDEX (I'm) fed up: approximately 10,500,000 Google hits
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Some Saudi women are secretly deserting their country. Women are FED UP with being treated like children.
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fed up
adjective phrase
- bored, annoyed or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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In February 2001, British artist Michael Landy announced that he was fed up with materialism. He then produced a curious piece of performance art that involved the complete destruction of nearly everything he owned.
A team of 12 workers sledge-hammered, shredded or otherwise pulverized 7,006 objects, including family heirlooms, valuable artworks, his Saab 900, personal letters and photographs.
The proceedings were witnessed by some 45,000 people. At the end, the artist was left with nothing but a turquoise jumpsuit (which he was wearing at the time) and his pet cat. Some Britons, who found the show rather shocking, bought his cat a new bed and some toys.
Etymology: Fed up alludes to being overfull from having eaten too much (fed = the past tense of feed). Also expressed as "fed up to the back teeth" or "fed up to the gills".
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SYNONYMS
annoyed, discontented, dissatisfied, satiated, sick and tired, I've had it up to here, weary
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"If you are fed up with the price of petrol, you should consider buying an electric car."
adjective phrase
- bored, annoyed or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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In February 2001, British artist Michael Landy announced that he was fed up with materialism. He then produced a curious piece of performance art that involved the complete destruction of nearly everything he owned.
A team of 12 workers sledge-hammered, shredded or otherwise pulverized 7,006 objects, including family heirlooms, valuable artworks, his Saab 900, personal letters and photographs.
The proceedings were witnessed by some 45,000 people. At the end, the artist was left with nothing but a turquoise jumpsuit (which he was wearing at the time) and his pet cat. Some Britons, who found the show rather shocking, bought his cat a new bed and some toys.
Etymology: Fed up alludes to being overfull from having eaten too much (fed = the past tense of feed). Also expressed as "fed up to the back teeth" or "fed up to the gills".
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SYNONYMS
annoyed, discontented, dissatisfied, satiated, sick and tired, I've had it up to here, weary
---
SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"If you are fed up with the price of petrol, you should consider buying an electric car."
