sick as a dog

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Adjective

sick as a dog (not comparable)

1. (simile) Very ill.

   I caught that new strain of flu and for three days I was as sick as a dog.

   • 1797, John Banks, The Albion Queens, or The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots: A Tragedy, J. Bell, page 32:

     Ay, but thou knowest he's as uncertain as the wind; and if, instead of quarrelling with me, he should grow fond, he'd make me as sick as a dog.

Synonyms

• sick as a cat
• sick as a parrot

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: zo ziek als een hond
• Finnish: sairas kuin koira
• French: malade comme un chien (fr)
• Polish: bardzo chory