Peppered with questions

When you're not feeling better about something or about your work, you can say "I'm fed up with work and I want the day off".

However, when you are ill and you need to call in sick, to tell him you can´t coming into the office you need to be prepared though to being peppered with questions. Peppered means you need to answer many questions (that are asked) quickly or in a short period of time.

There are so many expressions used to explain your illness, for example: not feeling well, coming down with something, throwing up, food poisoning and having a 24-hour bug.

If you have any of these problems, you have to take time off from work.

Peppered with questions

When you´re feeling bad about something or about your work, you can say that you´re fed up: "I´m fed up with work and I want the day off".

However when you are sick, and you need to call in sick to your boss to tell him you can´t come into the office, you need to prepare to be peppered with questions. This phrasel verb means you need to answer many questions that are asked quickly or in a short period of time.

Finally, there´re so many types of idioms that will explain your illness like these: not feeling well, to come down with something, to throw up, food poisoning, or the 24-hour bug. If you have any of these problems, you have to take a day off from work.