wear thin

Meaning

1. to begin to become weaker or less acceptable

   These excuses are wearing a little thin (= because we've heard them so many times before).

In the movies · 1

• I tell you what, that's gonna wear real thin, real fast.Guardians of the Galaxy2014

From the same entry

• wear your heart on your sleeve
• wear the trousers
• if the shoe fits
• wear away
• wear down
• wear down
• wear off
• wear on
• wear out
• wear yourself out
• wear and tear
• the worse for wear