idiom · neutral
at one's wit's end
/æt wʌnz wɪts ˈɛnd/at·one's·WIT'S·end
speakingtask2
completely puzzled or distressed and not knowing what to do
Examples
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Band 8 sentence
“After trying every method to calm the child, the parents were genuinely at their wit's end.”
Collocations
- at one's wit's end about/over something
Word family
be at one's wit's end phrase
Common mistakes
at the end of my wisdom→at my wit's end
I am at my wits end→I am at my wit's end
Say it for a higher band
5very worried→6desperate→7+at one's wit's end
Synonyms
at the end of one's rope
Easily confused
at the end of one's tether
“After weeks of sleepless nights, she felt completely at the end of her tether.”
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