Phrase guide

have had it up to here

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal

Examples

  • I have had it up to here with your nonsense!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: estar fins al capdamunt — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Dutch: het zit ... tot hier — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Esperanto: esti pli ol tedata — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Esperanto: esti tute laca — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • French: en avoir jusque-là — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • German: die Nase voll haben — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • German: wirklich genug haben — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Icelandic: kominn með upp í kok — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Irish: bheith bréan bailithe de — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Italian: avere le tasche piene — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Italian: non poterne più — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Italian: averne fin sopra i capelli — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Jamaican Creole: cyaan tek — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Polish: mieć dość — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Polish: mieć potąd — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Polish: mieć powyżej uszu — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Portuguese: estar até aqui — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Portuguese: estar por aqui — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Russian: сыт по го́рло (syt po górlo) — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Spanish: estar hasta las narices — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Spanish: estar hasta los mismísimos — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Spanish: salirle de los mismísimos — To have reached the limit of one's patience
  • Swedish: stå upp i halsen — To have reached the limit of one's patience