2006-09-14 07:13:03 · 9 answers · asked by Matt 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
to keep your witts about you is to stay focused and strong... to be at your witts end means you are about to completely loose it....where it came from is beyond me and i am at my witts end trying to figure it out.
2006-09-14 07:22:41 · answer #1 · answered by who be boo? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It comes from "at my WICK'S end" meaning, from back in the day, your candle is about to burn out and you've got nothing left - you're at your (candle) wick's end. It's been slang'd to WIT'S end since the good 'ole days
2014-08-06 16:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Rich 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Psalm 107:27, King James Version, rveised 1769.
2014-09-03 06:39:36 · answer #3 · answered by Tom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Where did the expression "I'm at my wit's end" come from? And what exactly does it mean?
2015-08-06 22:38:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At My Wits End
2016-11-07 06:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from somebodys grandmother for sure
Knock Knock
Who's there !
Granny,
knock, knock!
Who's there !
Granny,
knock, knock!
Who's there !
Granny,
knock, knock!
Who's there !
Granny,
knock, knock!
Who's there !
Aunt !
Aunt who ?
Aunt you glad Granny's gone ?
Not to mention every time granny knocked
I ended up with the shape of a cane imprint on my
forhead
But because since she was my grandmother I had to open
the door
2006-09-14 07:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by Queen A 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you dont know what to do in a certain situation or you are over confused so you are actually "at your wits end"
http://en.wikiquote.org/ Check it out for origin.
2006-09-14 19:42:35 · answer #7 · answered by Ω Nookey™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psalm 107:27 maybe
2015-09-21 23:50:54 · answer #8 · answered by beach_chair 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure where it originated but it mean you've had all you can take, or your at the end of your rope.
2006-09-14 07:20:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋