English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #347 [color=blue]“English Slang Idioms (68)”, question 9
“If the landlord doesn’t fix our plumbing soon, I am going to report him to the city. I am fed up to the … teeth with how long it takes him to fix things around here,” Beth said to Mike.
(a) front
(b) buck
(c) sharp
(d) back
English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #347 [color=blue]“English Slang Idioms (68)”, answer 9
“If the landlord doesn’t fix our plumbing soon, I am going to report him to the city. I am fed up to the back teeth with how long it takes him to fix things around here,” Beth said to Mike.
Correct answer: (d) back
Your answer was: [color=red]incorrect
“If the landlord doesn’t fix our plumbing soon, I am going to report him to the city. I am fed up to the buck teeth with how long it takes him to fix things around here,” Beth said to Mike.
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Does to be fed up to the back teeth mean that all the limits crosses the red line of smb’s patience so one becomes anger,furious?