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the end of one's rope en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) The limit of one’s patience, when one is so frustrated or annoyed that one can no longer cope.
    • come to the end of one's rope; reach the end of one's rope; at the end of one's rope
  2. (idiomatic) The point at which one has run out of options or the ability to delay.
    • Have you reached the end of your rope? Are all your options closed? 2000, Mark Ellingsen, A Word That Sets Free: First Lesson Sermons for Sundays After Pentecost (Last Third) Cycle C, CSS Publishing, →ISBN, page 43:
    • come to the end of one's rope; reach the end of one's rope; at the end of one's rope

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the end of one’s rope canonical lexicographic

Relateds

at the end of one's tether

Translations (7)

sv vägs ände (the point of having no more options) · pl u kresu wytrzymałości (the point of having no more options) · pt no limite (the point of having no more options) · pt por um fio (the point of having no more options) · de auf dem Zahnfleisch gehen (the point of having no more options) · cy i ben ei dennyn (the point of having no more options) · pt nas últimas (the point of having no more options)