suffer fools gladly

idiom

: to be kind to and patient with people who are annoying or bothersome

—usually used in negative statements

My mother was a woman who did not suffer fools gladly.

Examples of suffer fools gladly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Indeed, Freud — old, headstrong and dying — does not suffer fools gladly. —

Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024 Paul does not suffer fools gladly, or at all. —

Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023 Like the 930 of yore, the GT2 does not suffer fools gladly. —

Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2023 Halsey does not suffer fools gladly, as anyone who reads their interviews or full history of social media knows. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Aug. 2021 It has been said that Pragmatist leaders don’t suffer fools gladly. —

Mark Murphy, Forbes, 30 May 2021 Thibodeau doesn't suffer fools gladly. —

Omari Sankofa Ii, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021

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