be at the end of your tether

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   筋疲力尽；智穷力竭；山穷水尽

   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.

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• (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

在完整场景里学

• 叫我第一名2008
  • 求职面试争取一个机会：elephant in the room（避而不谈的事）
  • 怪叫抽搐惹毛全家：drive someone nuts（把某人逼疯）
  • 童年抽动被误解：at the end of one's rope（走投无路）
• 钢木兰1989
  • 清早的忙乱与当场录用：talking to a brick wall（说了等于白说）
  • 美发店雇新人聊八卦：talk some trash（聊点别人的闲话）
  • 婚前拉锯与邻里算账：a bone to pick with（有账要算）

同一词条的短语

• 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