en avoir ras le bol

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁa l(ə) bɔl/ ~ /ɑ̃.n‿a.vwaʁ ʁɑ l(ə) bɔl/
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Verb

en avoir ras le bol

  1. (informal) to be sick and tired (of), to be fed up to the back teeth (with) [with de ‘something’]
    Synonyms: en avoir marre, en avoir ras la casquette
    J’en ai ras le bol de t'entendre te plaindre !
    I've had enough of hearing you complain!

Usage notes

  • Note that the pronoun en is part of the expression, and is used regardless of the separate de-phrase.

Derived terms