"the end of one's rope" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-the end of one's rope.ogg Forms: the end of one’s rope [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the end of one’s rope}} the end of one’s rope
  1. (idiomatic) The limit of one’s patience, when one is so frustrated or annoyed that one can no longer cope. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-the_end_of_one's_rope-en-noun-VfITbREo
  2. (idiomatic) The point at which one has run out of options or the ability to delay. Tags: idiomatic Translations (the point of having no more options): u kresu cierpliwości (english: at the end of one's rope) [masculine] (Polish), por um fio (english: at the end of one's rope) (Portuguese), nas últimas (Portuguese), no limite (Portuguese), vägs ände (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-the_end_of_one's_rope-en-noun-~YVl1S-q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'the point of having no more options': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: at the end of one's tether
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