My dad used to tell me – Son, I am sick and tired of having to tell you something over and over again. (I have no idea why he talked to me this way, because I was the model child.) He was never just sick of it or just tired of it. He was always sick AND tired!
Bill Cosby tells a story about the worst beating he ever got in his life – his mother said, “Well I am just sick!” and he immediately added, “and tired.”
My dad also used to tell me and my six siblings that he was “fed up with the nonsense”! We weren’t exactly sure what “fed up” meant, but we knew he wanted us to quit whatever we were doing.
It occurred to me recently that we should get fed up with some things – like…