2015年1月10日 · If this Ngram is anything to go by, get sick is more common than fall ill by a long way—but until around 1850, fall sick was actually the most common of the lot, while get ill has been consistently quite limited. The same in BrE shows quite a lot more variation, though get sick and fall ill are still the most common

2011年3月20日 · The origin of sick is from the old Germanic verb: siech which means to have a disease. It was used in Middle High German and refers to people who had leprosy. These people were sent to a: Siechenhaus the resemblance of which can still be found today in the Dutch word for hospital: ziekenhuis....so actually sick would then mean siech = have a ...

2015年1月9日 · Somewhat related is sympathetic illness: if knowing another person is ill causes him to actually feel ill himself. Seen for example in the phrase sympathetic vomiting: he sees or hears someone else vomit, and the disgust makes him vomit too. –

2021年1月25日 · @tchrist: I didn't know that. Well, to be honest I've never really thought about it that way - if you're sick of someone/something, you're fed up with it. If you're just sick (or sick with something), you're ill. Totally separate words, to me.

2016年12月20日 · "I am starting to feel sick." It's accurate, it says that you feel the signs of oncoming sickness but are not yet incapacitated by fever, pain, nausea, and so on. In response to OP's comment asking for one phrase or idiom: I'm not sure there is any one idiomatic phrase, but just variations based on "getting" or "starting" or "feeling" the onset ...

2018年4月30日 · It's one type of somatoform disorder. a group of disorders in which physical symptoms suggesting physical disorders for which there are no demonstrable organic findings or known physiologic mechanisms, and for which there is positive evidence, or a strong presumption that the symptoms are linked to psychological factors; for example, hysteria, conversion …

2014年4月11日 · This attachment implies that you know that the person has been sick and that you understand the process of getting well takes time. "Feel better" on the other hand, may imply doubt as to your perspective of the person's sickness. The command itself is weaker and may convey the idea that the receiver of such a comment can get better at any time.

2011年3月10日 · AAT is right; Grammatically, the phrase "I feel painful" is incorrect. You cannot use an adjective as a modifier for feel. However, it is perfectly acceptable to, instead of using the qualifier AAT suggested ("I feel painful sensations"), you may also opt to use an object: I feel pain. So your options are as follows (using I feel __ as the ...

2013年3月26日 · I do not feel good and I do not feel well are equivalent. They both indicate your well-being. Well and good both modify feel. However, you can use feel good in another construction like so: I do not feel good about the path I have taken.

2013年12月28日 · Question 1: What is the meaning of "I am sick of you" exactly? Question 2: Does the meaning of this expression change depending on the context? Question 3: How offensive is this expression in