sick as a dog
Example Sentences
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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
“If you’re sick as a dog, you say, ‘Darling, I gotta make it.’
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024
He also would be as sick as a dog the next day.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2013
"We have four days off coming up here, and I would have been sick as a dog if we would have lost this game," Bryant said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2006
I was ashamed and sick—oh, sick as a dog!
From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Scott, Morgan