Idiom
patience of Mother Teresa
Meaning
A great deal of patience.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need the patience of Mother Teresa to teach young children.”
“Dealing with these constant technical delays requires the patience of Mother Teresa.”
“Only a mentor with the patience of Mother Teresa could guide such a difficult student through the complexities of the final thesis.”
Examples
simple
“You need the patience of Mother Teresa to teach young children.”
contextual
“Dealing with these constant technical delays requires the patience of Mother Teresa.”
complex
“Only a mentor with the patience of Mother Teresa could guide such a difficult student through the complexities of the final thesis.”
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