at the end of one's tether

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Meaning: (UK,idiomatic)At thelimitof one’spatience;frustratedorannoyed.Synonym:(US)atthe end of one's rope1920,Agatha Christie,The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published1954, page152:He proposed to call witnesses to show how the prisoner, a profligate and spendthrift, had beenat the end of his financial tether, and had also been carrying on an intrigue with a certain Mrs. Raikes, a neighbouring farmer’s wife.

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