{"id":2111,"date":"2024-01-19T22:54:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T04:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2024-01-20T21:41:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T03:41:40","slug":"come-here-from-sick-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/come-here-from-sick-em\/","title":{"rendered":"come here from sick ’em & 20+ other english vocabulary examples inspired by a cool street dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

doesn’t know\/can’t tell come here from sick ’em<\/strong><\/em> is an idiom used to indicate that someone is confused <\/em>or just plain stupid<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"come \u00a0 <\/a>\"sick<\/a><\/h5>\n
come here\/sick ’em (haydenphotos.com)<\/em><\/h5>\n

it’s applied to humans as an insult, but it brings to mind the image of a dog that cannot distinguish between two different commands: come here<\/em><\/strong> which is for calling a dog<\/em>\u00a0and sick ’em<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(or sic ’em<\/em><\/strong>) which instructs a dog to attack.\u00a0<\/em>‘em<\/strong><\/em> is a reduction<\/strong><\/a>; sometimes\u00a0for them<\/em>, sometimes\u00a0for him<\/em> too. \u00a0sick ’em<\/em> is pronounced like one word, SICK-um.<\/p>\n

this tiktok<\/strong>, which is a\u00a0 literal example of the idiom, stars scrote<\/strong>, a mexican street dog<\/p>\n

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@richyrocksenglish<\/a> does scrote the street dog know the difference between come here &sick \u2018em? visit richyrocks.com and search \u201csick \u2018em\u201dfor much more #english<\/a> #vocabulary<\/a> related to the vid #fyp<\/a> #yourpage<\/a> #englishcoach<\/a> #idioms<\/a> #englishteacher<\/a> #englishpractice<\/a> #englishlesson<\/a> #englishclass<\/a> #vocabularioeningles<\/a> #comeherefromsickem<\/a> \u266c Bring It on Home to Me – Remastered – Sam Cooke<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n