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At the end of my rope origin.
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To have no more patience or strength.
An idiom is a figure of speech that is a word group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal definition.
Rope posted by smokey stover on february 26 2004.
Hi can you please help me find the meaning and origin of this phrase.
Having no strength or patience left.
At the end of your rope definition.
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At the end of rope phrase.
This idiom alludes to a tether which is a rope tied to an animal to limit its movement and keep it from wandering off.
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To have no more patience or strength.
At the end of your rope meaning.
What does at the end of rope expression mean.
Posted by lewis on february 26 2004.
Being at the end of your tether means you re nearly ready to break give up explode whatever.
The animal can only graze as far as the rope allows thus once it reaches the end of its tether it has run out of options and resources and is bound to become frustrated.
At the end of one s rope and at the end of one s tether are two idioms that mean basically the same thing.