| 单词 | fed to the back teeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfed to the (back) teeth 3. colloquial. In predicative use. Having had enough of a person or situation; annoyed, unhappy, or bored; = fed up adj. at Compounds. Often in intensifying phrases, as fed to the (back) teeth, fed to death; see also fed to the neck at neck n.1 Phrases 12b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] irk1303 tedious1430 irksome1435 irked1513 ennuyé1757 seccatored1763 yawny1805 bored1823 used up1839 yawnish1855 fed up1900 fed to the (back) teeth1921 browned off1938 brassed1941 cheesed1941 chocker1942 pissy1962 1921 W. S. Maugham Circle iii. 100 I should be fed to the teeth with you sometimes. 1921 P. G. Wodehouse Indiscretions of Archie i. 11 I've never done anything much in England, and I fancy the family were getting a bit fed. 1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom iv. iv. 293 Oh, those sickening scarves and things, they were eternally knitting, that wasn't war work. It was fun at first. They were fed to death with doing them now. 1946 P. Larkin Jill 30 I'm getting definitely fed..with them all. 1961 ‘G. Hythe’ Death of Scapegoat i. iii. 87 The skipper's gettin' fed to the back teeth. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 Aug. 4/2 They were fed to the teeth with hearing about the war and the glorious past. fed (up) to the (back) teeth d. fed (up) to the (back) teeth: see fed to the (back) teeth at fed adj. 3. < as lemmas |
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