have had it up to here
Meaning: To be completely fed up.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “I've had it up to here with the noise from upstairs.”
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: Usually said with a hand raised to the throat or forehead, showing how high one's patience has filled. It is informal American English from the 20th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- Spanish: Estar frito — literally: To be fried
- German: die Nase voll haben — literally: to have a full nose
- German: die Faxen dicke haben — literally: to have the pranks thick
More idioms — Body & Senses
- a spare tire — A roll of fat around the waist.
- get out of hand — To become impossible to control.
- bang one's head against a brick wall — To keep trying something with no result.
- get off on the right foot — To make a good start.
- turn one's back on someone — To abandon or refuse to help someone.
- one's heart sinks — To feel sudden disappointment or dread.
More English idioms
- be off one's game — To perform worse than usual.
- be miles away — To be lost in thought and not paying attention.
- sly as a fox — Very cunning.
- walk a tightrope — To be in a situation where one small mistake would be disastrous.
- take one's ball and go home — To quit in a sulk and spoil the activity for everyone else.
- count one's chickens before they hatch — To rely on something good before it has actually happened.
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