"I am running out of patience" synonyms

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hello

Would someone tell me if the below sentences are OK and can be used interchangeably with “I am running out of patience.”

1- I am exhausting my patience on my staffs.
2- My patience is beginning to run out.
3- My patience is beginning to wear very thin.
4- I am losing my patience.
5- My patience is about to run out.
6- My patience is wearing out.
7- My patience is reaching its end.

Thanks in advance.
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1 is not OK - the rest are acceptable, but some sound more fluent and natural than others,

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  1. My stuff’s exhausted my patience.

I wouldn’t use “wear” with “patience”.

Can say, “My patience is beginning to being very thin.”

Thanks

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Hi E2e4, “My patience is wearing thin” is a very common idiom. Both “My stuff’s exhausted my patience.” and “My patience is beginning to being very thin.” would be incorrect.

Another option here in the US would be "I’ve had about as much as I can take with … "

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How about these:
I’ve had it up to here with …
I’ve had enough of …
I’ve had it with you?

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Would someone answer Our Tort System?

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I don’t think Tort really expected an answer. His synonyms are good.

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What I did’t understand about Tort was “The smokey bear…” at the foot of the note.
That is rather ironic or complex for foreign learners.

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It’s just taken from a public service announcement where Smokey Bear warns about forest fires. Someone usually calls the ranger station and reports a bear sighting. The bear invariably turns out to be Smokey Bear. Then the ranger instructs the caller that he should burn responsibly and should never leave a fire unattended because if it’s too hot to touch it’s too hot to leave.

It’s not ironic or complex, it’s rather silly and somewhat funny ))) Because bears don’t talk.