Re: Help with collocations, please

On 2 Jun 2008 11:04:41 -0700, R H Draney <dadoctah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Nasti J filted:
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>>On Jun 2, 3:22=A0am, "Django Cat" <notar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> adverb + adjective
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>>sick and tired
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>>Bill Cosby: And tired always followed sick. Worst beating I ever got
>>in my life, my mother said, "Well I am just sick," and I said "And
>>tired." I don't remember anything after that.
>
>They're the opposites, contrarespectively, of "hale" and "hearty"....r

True, but the colloquial phrase actually means something like
"disgusted" or "fed up".

"I'm sick and tired of your leaving the toilet seat up."

Aspasia