I was up all night with a sick friend



I was up all night with a sick friend.

an unlikely, but popular excuse for not being where one was supposed to be the night before. Bill: Where in the world were you last night? Mary: Well, I was up all night with a sick friend. Mr. Franklin said rather sheepishly, "Would you believe I was up with a sick friend?"
See also: all, friend, night, sick, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
TuyẾT-Vietnamese
Alexandros-Greek, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Greek Mythology
Thorstein-Norwegian
Leopoldole-o-POL-do (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
SeoirseSHOR-shaIrish
TinaTEE-nə (English), TEE-nah (Italian, Dutch)English, Italian, Dutch, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian