What it means
You say I've had it when your patience is toast and you're done dealing with somebody or some ongoing nonsense. It means you're fed up, at the end of your rope, and one more little poke might set you off. It's had it is the same energy aimed at a thing, meaning it's knackered, finished, or beyond saving.
Usage examples
"I’ve had it with this laptop, it’s proper knackered, freezes every two minutes. I’m flogging it to CeX and buying something that actually works."
"I have had it with this printer, it eats every other page and the helpline keeps me on hold to dodgy lift music, off to the tip with the thing."
"That kettle has had it, the base wobbles and the lid won't latch, I am pulling the trigger on a new one this weekend."
"I've had it with next door blasting tunes at 1 a.m., I'm knocking on that door in my slippers and all."
"Nah, that old toaster's had it, mate. Smells like hot coins every time you use it."
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Where it comes from
This has been in English a long time. It comes from the ordinary phrase have had, which already meant experiencing something up to the limit. By the late 1800s and early 1900s, I've had it was firmly used for fed-up outbursts, and it's had it settled in for things that were done for or broken beyond use.
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