[Answered] she is sick of me.

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Hi
'She is sick of me.' What can this mean?
 

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'She is tired of me.' 'She has had enough of my company.' 'She is fed up of me.' 'She doesn't want me around any more.'
 

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'She is tired of me.' 'She has had enough of my company.' 'She is fed up of me.' 'She doesn't want me around any more.'

Interesting. In AmE, we usually say "fed up with me".
 

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When I heard "sick of", I really didn't get what it meant but I was aware of "fed up with". So it is really new to me too.
 

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We use "sick of" a lot in BrE.

I'm sick of my boyfriend. I'm going to dump him.
I'm sick of the sight of all that rubbish outside my block of flats. I wish someone would remove it.
He's really sick of his job so he's looking for something new.
I'm sick to death of being treated like cr*p at work. I'm going to resign.
 
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