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make one sick

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  1. Disgust one, as in Your constant complaining makes me sick. This expression transfers the sensations of physical illness to strong negative sentiments. [c. 1800]


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"To act as a physician," he writes, "the priest must make one sick!"

From The Guardian Feb. 1, 2013

He conveys what he learns as something that a middle-aged man should already know: months of wandering in a hard place make one sick, lonely, itchy and tired.

From Time Magazine Archive

The look of it was enough to make one sick!

From Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron by Unknown

Yes, indeed, it is quite enough to make one sick; eh!

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

A.—Florid A. Q.—In which does the hustle make one sick?

From School, Church, and Home Games by Draper, George Orrin

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