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Ben 536

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Hellos,

I found that 'fed up with' means bored, annoyed or disappointed by something.

But I found that 'fed' this word solely does not exist. Because I cannot find the meaning of 'fed' in the dictionary except for the past tense of 'feed' and I don't think 'fed up with' is related to 'feed'(because those meanings are different).
 
    • Ben 536 said:
    Because I cannot find the meaning of 'fed' in the dictionary except for the past tense of 'feed' and I don't think 'fed up with' is related to 'feed'(because those meanings are different).
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    Hello, Ben. Imagine that you were forced to eat something until you were sick of it. To be fed up with something is a figurative way to say that you are sick or tired of something. So the verb feed and the idiom to be fed up with something are related.
     
    The basic idiom is fed up, implying either that you’re bored or that you’ve had enough (= had your fill, figuratively speaking) of something. It can be used on its own, or you can go on to explain what it is that you’re bored with or frustrated and annoyed about.
     
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