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air · Beitrag von **air** » 7. Jan 2008 23:30

hi everyone!

i heard this sentence but i don't understand why here "with my computer" not "in my computer"? This sentence is: "I’ve had it with my computer. I lost another paper when I tried to save it on a disk."

Has anybody any idea?

Thanks a lot!

boert · Beitrag von **boert** » 9. Jan 2008 13:52

Maybe short for "I had the same problem with my computer"?

Cliff · Beitrag von **Cliff** » 9. Jan 2008 14:08

As far as I know, 'have had it' is an idiomatic phrase that is always used with 'with' as a preposition.

air · Beitrag von **air** » 10. Jan 2008 15:41

first, thanks for all the replies!

because the sentence is one of sentences in a short dialog, there's no more clues for explanation what "it" means. i guess "it" means "problem" is right. I got sometimes confused when something looks like idiomatic phrase, which might mean something else.

moogle · Beitrag von **moogle** » 19. Jan 2008 02:26

"I've had it with my computer" means "I am very upset with my computer" or "I am very angry with my computer" when used with "I lost another paper". The speaker is upset and is blaming the computer.

"I had it on my computer" would be something contained within the computer and might be used like this: "I had it on my computer but I lost it."

Cliff is mostly right: "to have had it with something" is used to indicate that one is upset with something. z.B. "I've had it with you" "I've had it with this company" "I've had it with this relationship" etc.