be at the end of your tether

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to feel that you cannot deal with a difficult situation any more because you are too tired, worried, etc.

   He is out of control, and I am at the end of my rope.

   I'm at the end of my rope.

In the movies · 3

• (Audience laughs)Twelve Monkeys1995
• He is out of control, and I am at the end of my rope.Front of the Class2008
• I'm at the end of my rope.Steel Magnolias1989

Learn it in full scenes

• Front of the Class2008
  • Brad Asks for a Chance
  • Brad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy
  • Brad's Childhood with Tourette's
• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning

From the same entry

• at the end of the day
• a bad end
• be at the end of
• be the end
• an end in itself
• the end justifies the means
• the end of the line
• end of story
• end to end
• get your end away
• go to the ends of the earth
• in the end