at the end of one's tether

English

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at the end of one's tether

  1. (UK, idiomatic) At the limit of one’s patience; frustrated or annoyed.
    Synonym: (US) at the end of one's rope
    • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 152:
      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.

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