Idioms

fed up to the back teeth

fed up to the back teeth (with someone or something)

Bored or annoyed with someone or something. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I'm fed up to the back teeth with this weather—will it ever stop raining? We're all fed up to the back teeth with your constant complaining, Marge! I'm fed up to the back teeth with this computer—it just crashed again!
See also: back, fed, someone, teeth, to, up
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fed up to the back teeth

or

sick to the back teeth

BRITISH
If you are fed up to the back teeth with something or sick to the back teeth with it, you are very annoyed or bored by it because it has been happening for a long time. The public are fed up to the back teeth with the bad behaviour of a tiny minority of fans. It is clear that Sharon is sick to the back teeth with questions about her private life.
See also: back, fed, teeth, to, up
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References in periodicals archive
"I'm fed up to the back teeth of losing to them," said Peacock.
RUGBY LEAGUE: Jamie's woe
The Recorder of Middlesbrough Judge Peter Fox QC said decent people were "fed up to the back teeth" with drunken, loutish violence.
From Sedgefield to South Bank, down the whole of the Tees Valley, decent people are fed up to the back teeth with drunken, loutish violence."
Judge slams 'loutish violence'
"We are fed up to the back teeth with what has gone on," said Leicester chief executive Peter Wheeler.
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