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单词 end of one's rope, at the
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end of one's rope, at the


Also, at the end of one's tether. At the limits of one's resources, abilities, endurance, or patience. For example, If that loan doesn't come through, we'll be at the end of our rope, or The workmen are driving me crazy; I'm at the end of my tether. This expression alludes to a tied-up animal that can graze only as far as the rope (or tether) permits. [Late 1600s]

Words nearby end of one's rope, at the

endoenteritis, endoenzyme, endoergic, end-of-file, end of one's rope, end of one's rope, at the, end of steel, end of the line, endogamy, endogen, endogenetic
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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