Catch Phrase

We select an English phrase from one of our stories and explain its meaning. For English language learners and young people who want to improve their English with stories.

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Open Secret – Catch Phrase
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Short Straw – Catch Phrase
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At Any Rate – Catch Phrase
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Wit’s End – Catch Phrase

In Rudyard Kipling’s story The Cat that Walked by Himself, a mother complains that she’s at her wits’ end, because the baby will not stop crying. Do you know the meaning of this English phrase to be at your wits end?