estar en el banco de la paciencia
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, "to be on the patience bank"
Verb
estar en el banco de la paciencia
- (idiomatic) to be long-suffering; to be on the sideline.
Further reading
- “estar en el banco de la paciencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024