have had it up to here

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

have had it up to here (third-person singular simple present has had it up to here, present participle having had it up to here, simple past and past participle had had it up to here)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.

   I have had it up to here with your nonsense!

Usage notes

• Takes with if an object is given.
• When spoken, often accompanied by a hand gesture where the hand is held parallel to the ground near the neck or head to indicate a high level.
• Rarely used with aspects other than the perfect, e.g. have it up to here, has it up to here, having it up to here, used to have it up to here.

Related terms

• have had it
• up to here

Translations

To have reached the limit of one's patience

• Catalan: estar fins al capdamunt
• Dutch: het zit ... tot hier
• Esperanto: esti pli ol tedata, esti tute laca
• French: en avoir jusque-là (fr)
• German: die Nase voll haben (de) f
• Icelandic: kominn með upp í kok
• Italian: avere le tasche piene, non poterne più (it), averne fin sopra i capelli
• Jamaican Creole: cyaan tek
• Polish: mieć potąd impf
• Portuguese: estar até aqui, estar até aqui
• Russian: сыт по го́рло m (syt po górlo)
• Spanish: estar hasta las narices

See also

• at the end of one's rope