IdiomDaily Life
English
Englishout of spoons
Meaning: Exhausted of energy or resources, usually mental or emotional.
Example: “I'd love to come out tonight, but after this week I'm out of spoons.”
Origin: A modern metaphor (popularized by disability advocates) that treats mental and emotional capacity as countable units like spoons, which can be used up through effort.
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