Alice: It’s lunchtime. What should we eat?
Jen: Let’s eat pizza!
Alice: No. I eat that almost everyday.
Jen: You do? Then you must be sick and tired of it.
Alice: Yes, I’m definitely sick and tired of it. Let’s go get a salad instead.

본문에서 Alice가 “It’s lunchtime. What should we eat? 점심 시간이다. 우리 뭐 먹을까?” 라고 하자 저는 “Let’s eat pizza! 우리 피자 먹자!” 라고 했습니다. Alice도 “No. I eat that almost everyday. 아니, 피자는 말고. 거의 매일 먹어서 말이야.”라고 했습니다.

저는 “You do? Then you must be sick and tired of it. 그래? 그럼 피자는 물렸겠는데.”라고 하자 Alice “Yes, I’m definitely sick and tired of it. Let’s go get a salad instead. 응, 아주 지긋지긋해. 대신 샐러드를 먹으러 가자.”라고 했습니다.

Now keep today’s expression ‘sick and tired of something’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?

Alice: It’s lunchtime. What should we eat?
Jen: Let’s eat pizza!
Alice: No. I eat that almost everyday.
Jen: You do? Then you must be sick and tired of it.
Alice: Yes, I’m definitely sick and tired of it. Let’s go get a salad instead.

Today’s expression is sick and tired of something. If you are “sick and tired of something”, you are bored, annoyed or even angry because you have done something too many times or something unpleasant has been happening for too long.

To be sick and tired of something은 ‘무언가에 싫증나다', '진절머리가 나다', 또는 '지긋지긋하다'는 뜻입니다. 더 이상 대하기 싫을 만큼 몹시 싫증이 나는 걸 '물리다'라고 하기도 하죠.

오늘 본문에서 Alice가 피자는 거의 매일 먹기 때문에 지긋지긋하다고 합니다. 그래서 피자 대신 샐러드를 먹기로 했습니다.

영어로 “Yes, I’m definitely sick and tired of it. Let’s go get a salad instead.”라고요. 이렇게 어떤 것에 싫증이 났거나 물렸을 때 쓸 수 있는 표현이 ‘sick and tired of something’입니다.

‘Sick and tried of something’ , 이 표현 잘 기억하시고요. 오늘의 대화를 마지막으로 들어보겠습니다.

Alice: It’s lunchtime. What should we eat?
Jen: Let’s eat pizza!
Alice: No. I eat that almost everyday.
Jen: You do? Then you must be sick and tired of it.
Alice: Yes, I’m definitely sick and tired of it. Let’s go get a salad instead.

Let’s review. If you are “sick and tired of something”, you are bored, annoyed or angry because something unpleasant has been happening for too long. SICK AND TIRED OF SOMETHING.