(British, idiomatic) Extremely annoyed, fed up, tired (of or with something).
(British, idiomatic) Extremely annoyed, fed up, tired (of or with something).
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(informal, UK) : very frustrated, annoyed, tired.
A British idiom meaning thoroughly exasperated — past the point of patience with something or someone that has gone on too long. More emphatic than simply 'fed up,' the 'back teeth' intensifier implies being so full of annoyance that it has reached your furthest extremity. Common in conversational British English, typically used when tolerance has been exhausted.
(US, _, slang, dated) Irritated, annoyed, soured.
To be sick of.
(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang ) Tired, worn-out, exhausted.