Idiom
the end of one's rope
Meaning
The limit of one’s patience, when one is so frustrated or annoyed that one can no longer cope.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am at the end of my rope with this noisy neighbor.”
“After the baby cried all night for the third time, the exhausted parents felt at the end of their rope.”
“Having endured constant delays and broken promises for months, the project manager finally reached the end of her rope and resigned.”
Examples
simple
“I am at the end of my rope with this noisy neighbor.”
contextual
“After the baby cried all night for the third time, the exhausted parents felt at the end of their rope.”
complex
“Having endured constant delays and broken promises for months, the project manager finally reached the end of her rope and resigned.”
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