痺しびれを切きらす

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-su)

get tired of waiting; grow impatient

Used when one's patience runs out after waiting too long. Often implies a resulting action or outburst.

返へん事じが遅おそいので、彼かれは痺しびれを切きらして帰かえってしまった。
He got tired of waiting for a reply and went home.
長ながい行ぎょう列れつに

痺しび

れ

を

切き

らし

た

客きゃく

が

文もん

句く

を

言い

い

始はじ

め

た

。

A customer who grew impatient with the long line started complaining.

Written forms

痺しびれを切きらす
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
しびれを切きらす
Kana spelling of the first part; common in everyday writing.
痺しびれをきらす
Mixed spelling with kana for 切らす.

Kanji

痺palsy, become numb, paralysed
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Similar words

待まちくたびれる
Focuses on physical or mental exhaustion from waiting, while 痺れを切らす emphasizes the loss of patience and often a subsequent action.
いらいらする
General irritation or fidgeting, not necessarily tied to waiting. 痺れを切らす specifically arises from prolonged waiting.

Etymology

Literally 'to let numbness run out', from 痺れ (numbness) + を + 切らす (to run out of). The image is of waiting so long that one's legs go numb, and then the numbness itself runs out, i.e., patience is exhausted.