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Idiom

wear thin

if your patience wears thin, you become less and less patient.

I've warned you several times about being late and my patience is wearing thin.

(often in continuous tenses)

if a joke, an excuse, or an explanation wears thin, it becomes less effective because it has been used too much.

This excuse about not having enough staff to run the trains is wearing rather thin, don't you think?

(often in continuous tenses)

idiomwear thinused in order to say that something that was amusing or pleasant at first is not enjoyable anymore, because it has continued for too long :'Drop Dead Fred' has funny moments, but the joke quickly wears thin, and the last hour of the film is boring and pathetic.Snakes make exotic and unusual pets, but require a lot of work and are often abandoned once the novelty wears thin.

wear thin

1. Of an object, often a fabric, to physically become thinner or cause to become worn, as from frequent use. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wear" and "thin." You can see here how the leather has been worn thin by years of use.

2. To diminish or become less effective. Please try to behave. My patience is beginning to wear thin. It was cute the first few times that he did it, but his little routine has worn thin.

wear thin

1. Be weakened or diminished gradually, as in My patience is wearing thin. [Late 1800s]

2. Become less convincing, acceptable, or popular, as in His excuses are wearing thin. [First half of 1990s] Both usages transfer the thinning of a physical object, such as cloth, to nonmaterial characteristics.

wear ˈthin

begin to become less; become less interesting or amusing: My patience is beginning to wear very thin.Don’t you think that joke’s wearing a bit thin? (= we have heard it many times before)

wear thin

1. To be weakened or eroded gradually: Her patience is wearing thin.

2. To become less convincing, acceptable, or popular, as through repeated use: excuses that are wearing thin.

词组	wear thin
释义	Idiom wear thin 1. if your patience wears thin, you become less and less patient. I've warned you several times about being late and my patience is wearing thin. (often in continuous tenses) 2. if a joke, an excuse, or an explanation wears thin, it becomes less effective because it has been used too much. This excuse about not having enough staff to run the trains is wearing rather thin, don't you think? (often in continuous tenses) idiomwear thinused in order to say that something that was amusing or pleasant at first is not enjoyable anymore, because it has continued for too long :'Drop Dead Fred' has funny moments, but the joke quickly wears thin, and the last hour of the film is boring and pathetic.Snakes make exotic and unusual pets, but require a lot of work and are often abandoned once the novelty wears thin. wear thin 1. Of an object, often a fabric, to physically become thinner or cause to become worn, as from frequent use. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wear" and "thin." You can see here how the leather has been worn thin by years of use. 2. To diminish or become less effective. Please try to behave. My patience is beginning to wear thin. It was cute the first few times that he did it, but his little routine has worn thin. wear thin 1. Be weakened or diminished gradually, as in My patience is wearing thin. [Late 1800s] 2. Become less convincing, acceptable, or popular, as in His excuses are wearing thin. [First half of 1990s] Both usages transfer the thinning of a physical object, such as cloth, to nonmaterial characteristics. wear ˈthin begin to become less; become less interesting or amusing: My patience is beginning to wear very thin.Don’t you think that joke’s wearing a bit thin? (= we have heard it many times before) wear thin 1. To be weakened or eroded gradually: Her patience is wearing thin. 2. To become less convincing, acceptable, or popular, as through repeated use: excuses that are wearing thin.
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