| 词汇 | FRUSTRATION |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG FRUSTRATION able to take just so much able to endure only a limited amount of discomfort. (Able to can be replaced with can.)Please stop hurting my feelings. I’m able to take just so much.I can take just so much. at one's wit's end at the limits of one's mental resources.I’m at my wit's end with this problem. I cannot figure it out.Tom could do no more. He was at his wit's end. at the end of one's rope and at the end of one's tether at the limits of one's endurance.I’m at the end of my rope! I just can't go on this way!These kids are driving me out of my mind. I'm at the end of my tether. beat one's head against the wall and bang one's head against a brick wall to waste one's time trying to accomplish something that is completely hopeless.You're wasting your time trying to fix up this house. You're just beating your head against the wall.You're banging your head against a brick wall trying to get that dog to behave properly. climb the wall(s) to do something desperate when one is extremely anxious, bored, or excited. (Informal or slang.)I'm so upset I could climb the wall.The meeting was so long and the speaker so boring that most of the audience wanted to climb the wall. give someone gray hair(s) to cause someone's hair to turn gray from stress or frustration.My three teenage boys are giving me gray hair.Your behavior is giving me gray hairs. throw a monkey wrench into the works to cause problems for someone's plans. (Informal.)I don't want to throw a monkey wrench into the works, but have you checked your plans with a lawyer?When John refused to help us, he really threw a monkey wrench into the works. |
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