Sick as a dog? or Sick as a parrot?

@Wizzywig (7847)
March 28, 2010 10:32am CST
...or do you have a different animal? and do the different animals mean different things? To me, being sick as a dog, describes actual vomitting but, being sick as a parrot is more a feeling of being annoyed or upset about something - like having the winning lottery numbers but losing your ticket or paying £20 for a pair of shoes and seeing them half price in the sale the next day.
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
30 Mar 10
We only do sick dogs over here. We don't pick on parrots. Maybe it's because so many of them are endangered?
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TheRealDawn
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
30 Mar 10
lady's feather hat?
Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
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30 Mar 10
It is an ex-parrot... it is no more... it has shuffled off this mortal coil ... it is deceased!
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James72
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
6 Apr 10
I was once as sick as a tapeworm! It was a really debilitating time for me and I spent about 14 days feeling flat.
James72
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
7 Apr 10
Jeez Wizzy, after reading your reply I had to go and double check that tapeworms were indeed flat! No, I don't have them to my knowledge; but I bought one of those multi-coloured tape dispensers just in case.....
Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
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7 Apr 10
Clearly you did learn something from the Boy Scout movement then
Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
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6 Apr 10
Oooooooh! I couldn't be sure whether this was serious... as in you were 'affected' by a tapeworm - or you just choosing a new creature to be sick as. So, if you were really ill, I am making sympathetic noises and feeling sorry for you, glad you recovered etc. If you were inventing a new phrase ....hahaha
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Sir_bobby88
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
28 Mar 10
A leopard would not change its spots !!!
Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
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28 Mar 10
Thats true... is a zebra just a horse in stripey pyjamas
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157909)
• United States
29 Mar 10
I think I learned it "sicker than a dog." Man on a galloping horse would not know the difference.(another saying from my first hubby's mom) I do not think I have too many of those special expressions. At least I cannot think of any. How about "as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs."? There are some good animal related idioms.
Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
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29 Mar 10
We do have "nervous as a kitten" and "mad as a box of frogs"
Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (157909)
• United States
29 Mar 10
I did not know that frogs in boxes got mad, course I did not ask them, either.
Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
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29 Mar 10
Maybe its because frogs like to leap so would go crazy if they were restricted in a box... I dont know...I just like the phrase.