Collocations for "sick"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sick" in context.
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sick
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- sick [people, children, patients, babies]
- get sick (all the time)
- [he, my co-worker, the boss] is off sick
- she called in sick
- have been sick for [weeks]
- sick from [eating, drinking] too much
- sick with [cancer, fear, worry, a fever]
- [take, is on] sick leave
- have no more sick leave (left)
- am sick and tired of [hearing, seeing, being]
- am sick of this [nonsense, mess]
- am sick to death of
- sick (to death) of [school, this movie]
- UK: I'm sick to the back teeth [of, with]
- makes me sick to [think, see, hear]
- makes me sick to [the, my] stomach
- makes my stomach sick to [think]
- you (people) make me sick
- is sick and [twisted, wounded, dying, injured]
- the [ride, flight, sight] made me feel sick
- I think [the dog is, I'm] going to be sick
- well, that's just sick
- slang: that's sick!
- slang: a sick [album, video, beat]
- slang: sick [shoes, hair], man!
- [care, benefits, aids, treatment, services] for the sick
- [medical, psychological] treatment for the sick
- the sick need [medical] care
- the sick and the [needy, poor, disadvantaged]
- the sick and dying
- [clean up, remove, wipe up] sick
- there was sick on the [carpet, bags, floor]
- there was sick all over the [carpet]
- a sick bag
- sick [him, 'em]!
- sick the [dogs, hounds] on him
- sicked the [gang, hitmen] on the [store, businessman]
- UK: sicked up [on the sofa, all over the carpet]
- US: threw up [on the sofa]
- UK: sicked it (back) up (again)
- sick [him, 'em]!
- [care, benefits, aids, treatment, services] for the sick
- a sick bag
- sick [people, children, patients, babies]
- sick the [dogs, hounds] on him
- [medical, psychological] treatment for the sick
- get sick (all the time)
- sicked the [gang, hitmen] on the [store, businessman]
- the sick need [medical] care
- [he, my co-worker, the boss] is off sick
- UK: sicked up [on the sofa, all over the carpet]
- the sick and the [needy, poor, disadvantaged]
- she called in sick
- US: threw up [on the sofa]
- the sick and dying
- have been sick for [weeks]
- UK: sicked it (back) up (again)
- [clean up, remove, wipe up] sick
- sick from [eating, drinking] too much
- there was sick on the [carpet, bags, floor]
- sick with [cancer, fear, worry, a fever]
- there was sick all over the [carpet]
- [take, is on] sick leave
- have no more sick leave (left)
- am sick and tired of [hearing, seeing, being]
- am sick of this [nonsense, mess]
- am sick to death of
- sick (to death) of [school, this movie]
- UK: I'm sick to the back teeth [of, with]
- makes me sick to [think, see, hear]
- makes me sick to [the, my] stomach
- makes my stomach sick to [think]
- you (people) make me sick
- I always get [travel, sea] -sick
- is sick and [twisted, wounded, dying, injured]
- the [ride, flight, sight] made me feel sick
- I think [the dog is, I'm] going to be sick
- well, that's just sick
- slang: that's sick!
- slang: a sick [album, video, beat]
- slang: sick [shoes, hair], man!
'sick' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absent
- accrual
- alternate
- always
- annoyance
- arrogant
- aspect
- bastard
- bay
- blatant
- business
- call
- chemical
- childish
- consistently
- constantly
- daily
- damned
- desk
- dizzy
- dog
- dying
- endless
- exhaust
- fever
- flight
- fortune
- fucking
- get
- gloomy
- gorge
- grief
- groceries
- hate
- housewife
- humid
- hype
- idea
- leave
- live
- look
- lucky
- lying
- mobile
- nagging
- nobody
- nonsense
- office politics
- ordeal
- parrot