on the Pat and Mick

== English == === Alternative forms === on the pat and mick === Etymology === Rhyming slang for on the sick. Pat and Mick are stereotypical Irish names. === Prepositional phrase === on the Pat and Mick (Cockney rhyming slang) Sick; out of commission due to being unwell. 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 ==== laid up; see also Thesaurus:diseased