at your wits'/wit's end

at your wits'/wit's end
at (your) wits'/wit's end — see wit
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  • at wits'/wit's end — at (your) wits /wit s end see ↑wit • • • Main Entry: ↑end …   Useful english dictionary

  • at\ one's\ wit's\ end — • at one s wit s end • at wits end adj. phr. Having no ideas as to how to meet a difficulty or solve a problem; feeling puzzled after having used up all of your ideas or resources; not knowing what to do; puzzled. He had approached every friend… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • at one's wit's end — or[at wits end] {adj. phr.} Having no ideas as to how to meet a difficulty or solve a problem; feeling puzzled after having used up all of your ideas or resources; not knowing what to do; puzzled. * /He had approached every friend and… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • at one's wit's end — or[at wits end] {adj. phr.} Having no ideas as to how to meet a difficulty or solve a problem; feeling puzzled after having used up all of your ideas or resources; not knowing what to do; puzzled. * /He had approached every friend and… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • at your wit's end — at (your) wit s end (chiefly US) (or at (your) wits end) : not able to continue thinking or trying to solve a problem : upset and unable to think of what needs to be done I ve spent six hours trying to fix my computer, but now I m at my wit s end …   Useful english dictionary

  • at wit's end — at (your) wit s end (chiefly US) (or at (your) wits end) : not able to continue thinking or trying to solve a problem : upset and unable to think of what needs to be done I ve spent six hours trying to fix my computer, but now I m at my wit s end …   Useful english dictionary

  • at your wits' end — at your wits’ end phrase so worried and tired because of your problems that you cannot think of any more ways of solving them I’m at my wits’ end trying to think of ways to amuse these children. Thesaurus: not able to think clearlysynonym feeling …   Useful english dictionary

  • at your wit's end —    If you re at your wit s end, you really don t know what you should do about something, no matter how hard you think about it.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you are at your wits end, you have no idea what to do next and are very… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • at your wits' end —    If you are at your wits end, you are very worried about something and do not know what to do.     When her son dropped out of school, Susan was at her wit s end …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • wit — [wıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(amusing)¦ 2¦(amusing person)¦ 3 wits 4 frighten/scare/terrify somebody out of their wits 5 gather/collect/recover etc your wits 6 pit your wits against somebody 7 be at your wits end 8 have the wit to do something 9 not be… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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