up to here
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
completely full or fed up
Literally: filled to this height
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Like The Fabulous Baker Boys, the King Brothers had broken up as much because they'd ‘ had it up to here’ as because of the ominous advent of ‘ the group’.
‘ I've had it up to here with you,’ said Thacker.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “up to here” mean?
completely full or fed up Literally: filled to this height
Is “up to here” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.