gladly

not suffer fools gladly

to become angry with people you think are stupid Jim's a fair boss, but he doesn't suffer fools gladly.

not suffer fools gladly

Refuse to tolerate stupidity, as in Chris can be intimidating at these meetings; she does not suffer fools gladly. This expression comes from the New Testament (II Corinthians 11:19), where Paul sarcastically says, "For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise." [c. 1600]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Grigorii	-	Medieval Slavic
Kayly	KAY-lee	English (Rare)
IzidÓRa	-	Hungarian (Rare)
Consuela	[kɔn'sweilə]
Circe	SUR-see (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Sylvi	SUYL-vee (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish