单词 | worn to a frazzle |
释义 | worn to a frazzleIn a state of nervous exhaustion, as in The very idea of moving again has us worn to a frazzle. This expression transfers frazzle, which means “a frayed edge,” to one's feelings. [Late 1800s] Words nearby worn to a frazzleworm wheel, wormwood, wormy, worn, worn-out, worn to a frazzle, worried, worried sick, worried well, worriment, worrisome The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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