end of one's rope|end|end of one's tether|rope|tet イディオム
end of one's rope|end|end of one's tether|rope|tet
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.end of one's rope|end|end of one's tether|rope|tet
n. phr., informal The end of your aggravating or imagining; the aftermost of your ability, or account of how to do more. Frank was out of assignment and broke, and he was at the end of his rope. The doctor saw that Mother had accomplished the end of her tether, and told us to accelerate her abroad for a holiday.
Compare: AT ONE'S WIT'S END, FED UP, UP AGAINST IT, UP A TREE. Dictionary