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English
Pronunciation
Noun
the end of one’s rope
- (idiomatic) The limit of one’s patience, when one is so frustrated or annoyed that one can no longer cope.
- come to the end of one's rope; reach the end of one's rope; at the end of one's rope
- (idiomatic) The point at which one has run out of options or the ability to delay.
- come to the end of one's rope; reach the end of one's rope; at the end of one's rope
2000, Mark Ellingsen, A Word That Sets Free: First Lesson Sermons for Sundays After Pentecost (Last Third) Cycle C, CSS Publishing, →ISBN, page 43:Have you reached the end of your rope? Are all your options closed?
Translations
the point of having no more options
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