die Nase voll haben
Meaning: To be fed up or exhausted by something.
Language: German
Literally: to have a full nose
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: The phrase pictures the nose as a container that can be filled to its limit, making it uncomfortably full.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- Salz in die Wunde streuen — To deliberately make someone's pain or humiliation worse.
- vor den Kopf stoßen — To offend or affront someone.
- den Geist aufgeben — to die, or to cease functioning.
- um ein Haar — by the narrowest possible margin; almost not.
- aus dem Handgelenk — done with ease and without much effort or advance preparation; offhand.
- feucht hinter den Ohren — Young, inexperienced, or naive.
More German idioms
- Dampf ablassen — To release pent-up emotion or frustration.
- die Suppe versalzen — To ruin a plan or situation through careless excess.
- sich die Hörner abstoßen — To shed youthful recklessness and settle into maturity.
- auf dem Damm — In good health and spirits, recovered from illness or hardship.
- aus dem Off — to speak or act without drawing attention to oneself, anonymously or from the background.
- etwas auf die lange Bank schieben — to postpone or delay something indefinitely.
From our compliments & insults
- Griesgram — A perpetual grump who radiates dissatisfaction and sucks the joy out of every room.
- Pantoffelheld — A man who is only bold and brave at home — a henpecked pushover who bluster turns into a…
- Schlauberger — A know-it-all smartass who never misses a chance to show off their cleverness.