Meanings
adjectivesick as a cat (not comparable)
- not comparablesimileVery ill.
`My head is splitting, my body is trembling, and I am as sick as a cat.'
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCSynonyms: sick as a dog, sick as a parrot
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery ill.
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