frustration

Related to frustration: depression, Frustration of contract

throw (one's) arms up in frustration

1. To make a gesture physically indicating one's frustration and disbelief (about something.) We threw our arms up in frustration after they told us that our appointment had been rescheduled again for a third time. The computer crashed for the third time that day, and I threw my arms up in frustration.
2. To express or indicate that one gives up or submits to futility or failure. (Not necessarily done by literally putting one's arms in the air.) The student threw his arms up in frustration, claiming that the math problems were impossible to solve. Don't just throw your arms up in frustration—keep trying.
See also: arm, frustration, throw, up

throw (one's) hands up in frustration

1. To make a gesture physically indicating one's frustration and disbelief (about something.) We threw our hands up in frustration after they told us that our appointment had been rescheduled again for a third time. The computer crashed for the third time that day, and I threw my hands up in frustration.
2. To express or indicate that one gives up or submits to futility or failure. (Not necessarily done by literally putting one's hands in the air.) The student threw his hands up in frustration, claiming that the math problems were impossible to solve. Don't just throw your hands up in frustration—keep trying.
See also: frustration, hand, throw, up

throw up (one's) hands in frustration

To indicate one's unwilling and frustrated submission to or acceptance of something. We threw up our hands in frustration after they told us that our appointment had been rescheduled again for a third time. All you can do is throw your arms up in frustration at the way the government is being run these days.
See also: frustration, hand, throw, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • throw (one's) arms up in frustration
  • throw (one's) hands up in frustration
  • shake (one's) fist at (someone or something)
  • shake your fist
  • not (one's) brother's keeper
  • not your brother's keeper
  • It sucks
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They depend on specific contexts like the life history of an individual and the context in which she is inserted, and can be merged into the concept of frustration (Moura, 2004).
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Psychologists say that stress leads to frustration, and frustration leads to anger.
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Washington, April 8 ( ANI ): Slamming popular belief, psychologists have claimed that feelings of failure and frustration lead to aggression in video game players rather than the videos' violent content.
Aggression in video gamers comes from failure, not violent content
According to the company, in an effort to alleviate the frustration many people experience when opening toys and electronics, it works with leading manufacturers to deliver products inside smaller, easy-to-open, recyclable cardboard boxes that reduce the overall amount of packaging used while still protecting what's inside.
Amazon's Frustration-Free Packaging initiative now offers over 200,000 products