try (one's) patience
try (one's) patience
To frustrate or annoy one by continued unwanted behavior; to test the limits of one's patience. His tangential questions are clearly trying the professor's patience, who asked that all questions be held until the end of the lecture. Will you take the kids to the playground for an hour? They're really trying my patience.
See also: patience, try
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
try someone's patience
to strain someone's patience; to bother someone as if testing the person's patience. (Try means test here.) My loud neighbors are trying my patience today. You really try my patience with all your questions!
See also: patience, try
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
try one's patience
Put one's tolerance to a severe test, cause one to be annoyed, as in Putting these parts together really tries my patience, or Her constant lateness tries our patience. This idiom uses try in the sense of "test," a usage dating from about 1300.
See also: patience, try
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
try somebody’s ˈpatience
make somebody feel impatient: Jim’s constant complaining was really beginning to try her patience.See also: patience, try
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- try one's patience
- try patience
- try somebody's patience
- try the patience of (someone)
- drive (one) up the wall
- drive someone up the wall
- drive up the wall
- drive/send somebody up the wall
- drive one out of mind
- drive (one) out of (one's) mind