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patience_of_Job
patience of Job
English
Noun
patience of Job (uncountable)
- (idiomatic) A great amount of patience.
- From the Bible, James Ch.5 V.11
- You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- 2004, "Takes two to quango", The Guardian, March 30
- The interference ... that LSC staff have had to endure from the department's civil servants would have tried the patience of Job.
- From the Bible, James Ch.5 V.11
Translations
great amount of patience
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