Vomiting and feeling fed up

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job.

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In British English, to be sick can also

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mean to vomit. So, for example, after

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the party, he was sick on the pavement.

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Sick and not ill has the meaning of

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being fed up.

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For example, I'm sick of my job.

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Politicians make me sick.

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Some compound nouns use sick rather than

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ill, such as seasick or homesick.

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However, in some phrases we use ill,

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such as mentally ill. It's important to