The phrase "about to throw up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone is feeling nauseous or on the verge of vomiting.
Example: "After eating that questionable street food, I felt like I was about to throw up."
Alternatives: "on the verge of vomiting" or "feeling nauseous."
Imagine what it is like to feel sea sick, just at that point when you are about to throw up.
By the time you've seen it twice, it clearly depicts a woman who knows with alarm that she's about to throw up.
Horrified that he might be about to throw up or, worse, lose control of his bowels, he clenched himself together in his seat.
But asking them to tell us what the world economy is going to do in the next 10 years seems to be about as much use as asking a baby to let you know when it's about to throw up down your back.
But asking them to tell us what the world economy is going to do in the next ten years seems to be about as much use as asking a baby to let you know when it's about to throw up down your back.
Make sure your friends are not about to throw up.
Think about it -- in your ceremony photos, do you really want to look like you're about to throw-up?! 2. Ignore your veil.
You don't want somebody who's 45 or 50 years old, who doesn't know anything about farming, to throw up his or her present life and undertake to make a living from farming at a time when farmers, experienced farmers, are failing and going out of business.
It's difficult not to feel small when we hear about such people, to throw up our hands and decide because we aren't likely to be canonized or have a national holiday named after us, there's little point in doing anything.
"Mind you, every morning I wake up, I want to throw up thinking about it," said CNN's Candy Crowley, who will moderate a debate on Oct. 16.
"Mind you," she added with a hearty laugh, "every morning I wake up, I want to throw up thinking about it".
