Skip to Content

English Club : Learn English : Vocabulary
Vocabulary : Idioms : A : at your wits' end

at your wits' end

Meaning: If you're at your wits' end, you're upset and frustrated because you've tried everything you can think of to solve a problem, and nothing has worked.

For example:

  • I'm at my wits' end! I've been trying to solve a problem with some software all morning and I still haven't got it to work!

  • Kelvin says he's been trying to get tickets for the game all day, but he's at his wits' end. Nobody's got any left.

Quick Quiz:

If someone's at their wits' end, they probably feel
  1. very angry
  2. really excited
  3. quite unhappy

Discuss: at your wits' end

Idiom of the Day

This entry is in the following categories: