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1 to be at one's wits end
nezināt, ko iesākt -
2 at one's wits' end
(utterly confused and desperate.) nezināt, ko iesākt; bez padoma -
3 wit
[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) humors; asprātība2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) asprātis; atjautīgs cilvēks3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) atjautība; attapība; apķērība•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *saprāts, prāts; asprātība, atjautība; atjautīgs cilvēks; nojaust, zināt
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wits' end — noun Limit of ones sanity or mental capacity; point of desperation. The Seamen they / Bestir their stumps, and at wits end do weep. / Wake, Jonas, who saith / Heave me over deck … Wiktionary
be at one's wits' end — (from Idioms in Speech) not to know what to do or say; quite at a loss; at the point of having exhausted one s last idea or mental resource But in that flash was seen the other Carrie poor, hungry, drifting at her wits end ... (Th. Dreiser) Mrs.… … Idioms and examples
be at one's wits' end — ► be at one s wits end be completely at a loss as to what to do. Main Entry: ↑wit … English terms dictionary
be at your wits' end — be at (your) wits end to be very worried or upset because you have tried every possible way to solve a problem but cannot do it. I ve tried everything I can think of to make her eat and she flatly refuses. I m really at my wits end … New idioms dictionary
be at wits' end — be at (your) wits end to be very worried or upset because you have tried every possible way to solve a problem but cannot do it. I ve tried everything I can think of to make her eat and she flatly refuses. I m really at my wits end … New idioms dictionary
at your wits' end — If you are at your wits end, you have no idea what to do next and are very frustrated … The small dictionary of idiomes
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
(be) at your wits' end — be at your wits ˈend idiom to be so worried by a problem that you do not know what to do next • She was at her wits end wondering how she d manage it all in the time. Main entry: ↑witidiom … Useful english dictionary
at\ wits\ 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 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
at my wits' end — very tired and nervous, at the end of my rope After a wedding and a funeral she was at her wits end … English idioms