losing control of myself, losing patience (see lose patience) Babysitting five kids, I was at the end of my rope.
at the end of one's tether
Idiom(s): at the end of one's rope AND at the end of one's tether
Theme: FRUSTRATION
at the limits of one's endurance. • I’m at the end of my rope! I just can't go on this way! • These kids are driving me out of my mind. I'm at the end of my tether.
At the end of your tether
(UK) If you are at the end of your tether, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance.
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n. phr., informal The end of your trying or imagining; the last of your ability, or ideas of how to do more. Frank was out of work and broke, and he was at the end of his rope.The doctor saw that Mother had reached the end of her tether, and told us to send her away for a holiday. Compare: AT ONE'S WIT'S END, FED UP, UP AGAINST IT, UP A TREE.
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Dizionario di parole simili, diverso tenore, sinonimi, di invocazione per Idioma tethe