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Joshua has been throwing a tantrum all afternoon, and with all the other things I have to get done, I'm simply at the end of my tether! Daniel's been at the end of his tether for weeks now—he has seriously got to get a different job! The baby's been crying all morning, and I haven't slept properly in days. I'm just at the end of my tether!
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at the end of your tether
COMMON If you are at the end of your tether, you are very upset because you are no longer able to deal with a difficult situation. I had tried every solution I could think of: I was at the end of my tether.
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at the end of your tether
having no patience, resources, or energy left to cope with something.
A North American variant of this expression is at the end of your rope , and in both cases the image is that of a grazing animal tethered on a rope that allows it a certain range in which to move but which at full stretch prohibits further movement.
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end of one's rope/tether, at the/come to the
To have exhausted one’s resources or abilities. The term alludes to a tethered [roped] animal that can graze only as far as the length of the rope permits. “Being run to the end of his Rope, as one that had no more Excuses to make,” wrote Sir John Chardin in 1686 [The Coronation of Solyman the Third]. “I am at the end of my tether” was close to being a cliché by the time Royall Tyler used the line in his comedy The Contrast [first U.S. production in 1787].
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe end of your tether/ropethe end of your tether/ropethe point at which you are so angry and tired of a situation that you can no longer deal with it Frustrated and bitter, Hogan had reached the end of his tether with politics. → endExamples from the Corpusthe end of your tether/rope• The court heard they were both at the end of their tether.• However, at other I feel at the end of my tether.• By then Diana was truly at the end of her tether.• Five hours later Mr Humble was at the end of his tether.• By the time Katherine and Gary came to see me, they were at the end of their rope.• With all that had happened with Anthony, he was the end of his tether.• Rich, meanwhile, has come to the end of his rope on these negotiations.• Of course, when Carl walked to the end of his rope, he fell like a load of bricks.
: a state in which one is not able to deal with a problem, difficult situation, etc., any longer
I've been dealing with their lies for too long. I'm at the end of my tether.
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“The end of one's tether.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, //www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20end%20of%20one%27s%20tether. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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