fed up

fed up
({informal}) also ({slang})[fed to the gills] or[fed to the teeth] {adj. phr.} Having had too much of something; at the end of your patience; disgusted; bored; tired. * /People get fed up with anyone who brags all the time./ * /I've had enough of his complaints. I'm fed up./ * /He was fed to the teeth with television and sold his set to a cousin./ * /John quit football because he was fed to the gills with practice./ Compare: SICK AND TIRED.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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