sick as a parrot
(colloquial, simile, idiomatic, UK) Very disappointed; miserable.
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(colloquial, simile, idiomatic, UK) Very disappointed; miserable.
“you have to say if you're someone who defected from the greens you'd be sick as a parrot rn”
“you have to say if you're someone who defected from the greens you'd be sick as a parrot rn”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(colloquial, simile) Extremely sick; very ill.
2010 December 7, [http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/8723726.Wirral_Euro_MP_is_sick_as_a_parrot_over_England_World_Cup_bid_humiliation/ Wirral Euro MP is sick as a parrot over England World Cup bid humiliation], Wirral Globe.
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