单词 | to be at one's wits' end |
释义 | > as lemmasto be at one's wits' end b. to be at the end of (one's resources, etc.): to have no more to spend; to be at one's wits' end: to be utterly at a loss, to be quite perplexed. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 92v They were at theyr wyttes endes whither to turne them. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 32 It woulde make menne..to bee at their wyttes endes, yf they weare not accustomed to suche tumultuous tempest. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull in his Senses iv. 19 He is at an end of all his Cash. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 280 I am..at my wits' end. < as lemmas |
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