suffer fools gladly

Verb

Meaning

suffer fools gladly (third-person singular simple present suffers fools gladly, present participle suffering fools gladly, simple past and past participle suffered fools gladly)

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To be tolerant of stupidity or incompetence in other people.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them. Harry Secombe

Several people have told me that my inability to suffer fools gladly is one of my main weaknesses. Edsger W. Dijkstra

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly. Kathleen Turner

Don't flaunt your ignorance or try to insult me. I don't suffer fools gladly and insults irritate me. Alice Borchardt

Close letter words and terms

suffer change suffer consequences suffer defeat suffer from suffer hunger suffer in silence