American Idioms and Expressions

Be Fed Up With (with Someone Or Something) Idiom

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be fed up with (with someone or something)
What does be fed up with (with someone or something) mean?
(with someone or something): be out of patience (with someone or something);
be very tired of someone or something.
"Bill, you're too careless with yourwork. I'm fed up with apologizing for your mistakes!"

Some Random Idioms
shape up or ship out
What does "shape up or ship out" mean?
idiom. behave/perform well or get out of the way
go for the jugular
What does "go for the jugular" mean?
to attack someone in a way that you know will harm him or her most (the jugular is a large vein in the neck) When the political candidate began to have problems the other candidates decided to go for the jugular and attack.

undercut (someone)
What does "undercut (someone)" mean?
to sell your product for less than a competitorThe new discount store is trying hard to undercut other stores in the area.
pot
What does "pot" mean?
carburetor
on the job
What does "on the job" mean?
to be working, to be doing what you are expected to doThe young man has only been on the job for a few weeks now.
out of the mouths of babes
What does "out of the mouths of babes" mean?
something that a child says shows that they understand more about a situation than you thought that they didThe statement was right out of the mouths of babes. The little boy knew everything that was going on.
hold one`s tongue
What does "hold one`s tongue" mean?
keep quietHe decided to hold his tongue rather than give his honest opinion.
off and on
What does "off and on" mean?
occasionallyMy friend has been seeing a woman off and on but I do not think that their relationship is very serious.
kick the habit
What does "kick the habit" mean?
stop a bad habitHe has been trying to kick his smoking habit for many years.
serve as a guinea pig
What does "serve as a guinea pig" mean?
to allow some kind of test to be performed on someoneI was not happy that I had to act as a guinea pig for the managers who were testing the new training material.

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