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make one sick
Disgust one, as in Your constant complaining makes me sick. This expression transfers the sensations of physical illness to strong negative sentiments. [c. 1800]
Example Sentences
As immunity to different viruses builds up over time, it decreases the number of viral types that can make one sick, Dr. Jacobs said.
"To act as a physician," he writes, "the priest must make one sick!"
A great many people applied for medicine, and some of the maladies, specially when they affect children, make one sick at heart.
This fiery Aragonese painted bull-fights, battles, executions, and Inquisition tortures with blacks that make one shudder and reds that make one sick.
She told her that nothing was easier than to lure the prince into marrying her; and all sorts of other things that were enough to make one sick!
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