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at the end of one's tether

at the end of one's tether prepositional phrase: at the limit of one’s patience; frustrated or annoyed.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, idiomatic) At the limit of one’s patience; frustrated or annoyed.
    • He proposed to call witnesses to show how the prisoner, a profligate and spendthrift, had been at the end of his financial tether, and had also been carrying on an intrigue with a certain Mrs. Raikes, a neighbouring farmer’s wife.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 152
    Synonyms:
    at the end of one's rope

at the end of one's tether meaning in Arabic

at the end of one's tether in Arabic

at the limit of one’s patience
بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى balaḡa s-saylu z-zubā

Synonyms of at the end of one's tether

  • at the end of one's rope

Questions about at the end of one's tether

What does at the end of one's tether mean?
At the end of one's tether means at the limit of one’s patience; frustrated or annoyed.
What is at the end of one's tether in Arabic?
At the end of one's tether in Arabic is بَلَغَ السَّيْلُ الزُّبَى (balaḡa s-saylu z-zubā). See At the end of one's tether meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is at the end of one's tether?
At the end of one's tether is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at the end of one's tether in the dictionary

  1. at the door of
  2. at the double
  3. at the drop of a hat
  4. at the earliest
  5. at the elbow
  6. at the end of one's tether
  7. at the end of the day
  8. at the end of the rainbow
  9. at the expense of
  10. at the feet of
  11. at the first

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