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.
See also: end

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alim-Arabic, Uyghur
Mari (1)MAH-ree (Finnish), mah-REE (Swedish)Welsh, Breton, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Haf-Welsh
Hancock['hænkɔk]
Tsetseg-Mongolian
ZEPortuguese