sick to (one's) stomach

Nauseated or vomiting. I started feeling sick to my stomach on the way home because Kelly was driving at top speed on the twisting road. I heard you were sick to your stomach after dinner last night—how are you feeling this morning?

sick to one's stomach

Also, sick at one's stomach. Nauseated, vomiting, as in I always get sick to my stomach in the back seat of a car. [Mid-1600s]

See also: sick, stomach, to

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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