Talk:worry oneself sick

RFD discussion: June 2021
SOP. Per Equinox, this is just a "just a general resultative construction" with a high degree of substitutability. Imetsia (talk) 21:09, 14 June 2021 (UTC)


 * I do think it's SOP but it is also a very common collocation. I've never heard "worry oneself ill", or "worry oneself unwell", or "fret oneself sick". That isn't necessarily a rationale for keeping, but worth a mention... Equinox ◑ 21:33, 14 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The much more common collocation redirects to . I don’t think that’s right. It is not a verb form (past participle) but an adjective, and the disappearance of the reflexive pronoun is inexplicable.  --Lambiam 15:53, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It comes from the non-reflexive version, which it's originally the past participle of: "Frankly, it worries me sick to even think about it." PUC – 15:49, 16 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete as basically SOP. Although no one says "worry oneself ill" or "worry oneself unwell", people do say "worry oneself to death", "worry oneself silly", "worry oneself into a tizzy", etc. And similar constructions with other verbs are common: "work oneself sick", "work oneself to death", etc. Nosferattus (talk) 06:01, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete 🔥 ಶಬ್ದಶೋಧಕ 🔥 12:08, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Move to (done), then I would keep this: it's no different from, the French translations are non-trivial (WT:THUB, though I'll admit we can put these at ), and it's found in other dictionaries (WT:Lemming principle, though I don't think it's a good argument per se). PUC – 15:49, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Any thoughts about this? 2A02:2788:A4:205:3CC8:9F5F:53CB:FDCF 19:03, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Not really. I still think the term is SOP and an example of a "general resultative construction." somehow sounds more entryworthy simply because it's a more common expression. Imetsia (talk) 19:08, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. 2A02:2788:A4:205:3CC8:9F5F:53CB:FDCF 19:48, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I think we are done, now that it's a redirect to the new . Facts707 (talk) 16:10, 17 June 2021 (UTC)