try the patience of (someone)
try the patience of (someone)
To frustrate or annoy (someone) by continued unwanted behavior; to test the limits of someone's patience. His tangential questions are clearly trying the patience of the professor, who asked that all questions be held until the end of the lecture.
See also: of, patience, try
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- try (one's) patience
- try one's patience
- try patience
- try somebody's patience
- the patience of a saint
- the patience of a saint/of Job
- on the case
- conceive of (someone or something) as (someone or something)
- conceive of as
- I can wait