to suffer fools (gladly)
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to treat stupid or annoying people with kindness and patience
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Formal
Idiom
Exempel
He is known for his sharp intellect and quick wit, but he often struggles to suffer fools gladly in social situations.
As a professor, she had little tolerance for incompetence and would not suffer fools in her classroom.
