堪かん忍にん袋ぶくろ

noun

store of patience; one's patience

Figurative noun for the capacity to endure or tolerate. Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 堪忍袋の緒が切れる (one's patience runs out / one's temper snaps).

See also: 堪忍袋の緒が切れる

• 彼かれの無ぶ礼れいな態たい度どに、ついに堪かん忍にん袋ぶくろの緒おが切きれた。

  His rude attitude finally made me snap.

• あんなに我が慢まん強づよい人ひとでも、堪かん忍にん袋ぶくろの緒おが切きれることはある。

  Even someone that patient can reach the end of their tether.