"sick as a dog" meaning in All languages combined

See sick as a dog on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-sick as a dog.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sick as a dog (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Very ill. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: sick as a cat, sick as a parrot Translations (Translations): zo ziek als een hond (Dutch), sairas kuin koira (Finnish), malade comme un chien (French), bardzo chory (Polish)
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sick as a dog (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English similes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I caught that new strain of flu and for three days I was as sick as a dog.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1797, John Banks, The Albion Queens, or The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots: A Tragedy, J. Bell, page 32:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very ill."
      ],
      "id": "en-sick_as_a_dog-en-adj-bpgJjyhh",
      "links": [
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile) Very ill."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sick as a cat"
        },
        {
          "word": "sick as a parrot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "zo ziek als een hond"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "sairas kuin koira"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "malade comme un chien"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "bardzo chory"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-sick as a dog.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-au-sick_as_a_dog.ogg/En-au-sick_as_a_dog.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-au-sick_as_a_dog.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sick as a dog"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sick as a dog (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English similes",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I caught that new strain of flu and for three days I was as sick as a dog.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1797, John Banks, The Albion Queens, or The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots: A Tragedy, J. Bell, page 32:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very ill."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "simile",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(simile) Very ill."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-sick as a dog.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/En-au-sick_as_a_dog.ogg/En-au-sick_as_a_dog.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/En-au-sick_as_a_dog.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sick as a cat"
    },
    {
      "word": "sick as a parrot"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "zo ziek als een hond"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sairas kuin koira"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "malade comme un chien"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "bardzo chory"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sick as a dog"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sick as a dog meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.