Significado
Testing someone's patience or endurance.
Contexto cultural
Directness is valued; this phrase is a polite way to set boundaries. Shared linguistic roots make this idiom very common in Northern Europe. Used in business to describe stress-testing systems. Used in friendships to signal that a joke or behavior has gone too far.
Remember the fire
Think of testing metal in fire to remember the origin.
Significado
Testing someone's patience or endurance.
Remember the fire
Think of testing metal in fire to remember the origin.
Ponte a prueba
Fill in the correct verb.
Zijn gedrag ____ mijn geduld op de proef.
The idiom is 'op de proef stellen'.
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Banco de ejercicios
1 ejerciciosZijn gedrag ____ mijn geduld op de proef.
The idiom is 'op de proef stellen'.
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Preguntas frecuentes
1 preguntasNo, it's for patience and endurance, not academic tests.
Frases relacionadas
Het geduld verliezen
synonymTo lose patience
Iemand uitdagen
similarTo challenge someone
