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
Xystos	-	Late Greek
Erskine	UR-skien	Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
Louella	loo-EL-ə	English
Lahja	LAHH-yah	Finnish
Lene	LE-nə (German), LE-ne (Danish, Norwegian)	German, Danish, Norwegian
Adolphus	[ə'dɔlfəs]