"suffer fools gladly" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-suffer fools gladly.ogg [Australia] Forms: suffers fools gladly [present, singular, third-person], suffering fools gladly [participle, present], suffered fools gladly [participle, past], suffered fools gladly [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=suffer fools gladly}} suffer fools gladly (third-person singular simple present suffers fools gladly, present participle suffering fools gladly, simple past and past participle suffered fools gladly)
  1. (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people. Wikipedia link: suffer fools gladly Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: gladly suffer fools Related terms: nobody's fool

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