sick as a dog en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Very ill.
Ay, but thou knowest he's as uncertain as the wind; and if, instead of quarrelling with me, he should grow fond, he'd make me as sick as a dog.
1797, John Banks, The Albion Queens, or The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots: A Tragedy, J. Bell, page 32:I caught that new strain of flu and for three days I was as sick as a dog.
Synonyms
sick as a parrot · sick as a horse · sick as a cat
Translations (4)
fr malade comme un chien (Translations) · nl ziek als een hond (Translations) · fi sairas kuin koira (Translations) · pl bardzo chory (Translations)