Limit of one's sanity or mental capacity; point of desperation; often said when you can't find an answer and you don't want to try any more.
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- A. 1911, John Muir, in John Muir and Michael P. Branch, John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa, 2002, page 138.
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I can't figure it out. I am at my wits' end.
Submitted on September 01, 2009
Modified by TriplePurple on July 21, 2024
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