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How do you usually say in English when you are extremely tired?

tire out (phrasal verb): Those exercises tired me out
dead beat (adj): I am dead beat
dead tired: I am dead tired

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How do you usually say in English when you are extremely tired?

tire out (phrasal verb): Those exercises tired me out
dead beat (adj): I am dead beat
dead tired: I am dead tired

Answer

'I am really tired.'

But I guess you want something a little more colourful than that. In the UK we often use the word 'knackered' to say that we are extremely tired in an informal way (the 'k' is silent.)

I am knackered = I am very tired.

There is a Cockney rhyming slang version of it (I am cream crackered = I am knackered = I am very tired) that some people also use.

You can also use this word to say something is broken, again in informal language. The TV is knackered = The TV is broken.

Both 'dead beat' and 'dead tired' are more American terms which aren't used very much in the UK (especially 'dead beat', it would be very rare to hear that in the UK.)

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most people probably say "I'm exhausted".

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