sick as a dog
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Scott: Keith woke up the day that people are coming in, Sunday morning, and he is sick as a dog.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
“You have your child who is sick as a dog, you have no hope, you find CBD hemp, non-impairing, non-intoxicating,” Goldstein said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024
One woman wrote: “My husband tried this supplement for anxiety and better sleep and was sick as a dog for 24 hours after taking one capsule. He had horrible cramps and diarrhea.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2022
He also would be as sick as a dog the next day.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2013
I’m sick as a dog, or a mangy hog, Of this ’tarnal nasty fightin’, That’s all gone wrong, and lasts too long For a man that’s thinkin’ o’ kitin’.
From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various
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