Byť v koncoch
Meaning: To be at your wits' end.
Language: Slovak
Literally: To be at the ends
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Reaching the very ends of your rope and your resources, with nowhere left to turn.
Equivalents in other languages
- Italian: Non sapere che pesci pigliare — literally: To not know which fish to catch
- English: at one's wits' end
More idioms — Daily Life
- Metati polena pod noge — To deliberately obstruct or sabotage someone.
- Nei į tvorą, nei į mietą — Neither here nor there; completely irrelevant.
- Pilstyti iš tuščio į kiaurą — To do utterly futile work.
- Nagbibilang ng poste — Jobless and idle, with nothing to do.
- Melepaskan batuk di tangga — To do a job half-heartedly and leave it unfinished.
- Haraka haraka haina baraka — Haste makes waste.
More Slovak idioms
- Mať dlhé prsty — To be light-fingered; a thief.
- Kam vietor, tam plášť — To turn with whoever holds power.
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