on the Pat and Mick

Etymology
Rhyming slang for. Pat and Mick are stereotypical Irish names.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Sick; out of commission due to being unwell.
 * 2) * 2013 Dec. 8, Bren, "Dropped car battery," autoshite.com Motoring chat forum (UK) (retrieved 10 Aug 2015) :
 * While lifting the SD1's battery the handle came off. . . . [I]t then bounced and landed on my foot—good job I was wearing my toetectors otherwise I would have spent Christmas on the pat and mick.
 * 1) * 2013 Dec. 8, Bren, "Dropped car battery," autoshite.com Motoring chat forum (UK) (retrieved 10 Aug 2015) :
 * While lifting the SD1's battery the handle came off. . . . [I]t then bounced and landed on my foot—good job I was wearing my toetectors otherwise I would have spent Christmas on the pat and mick.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:diseased