out of spoons

prep_phrase

Etymology

From spoon theory, in which the amount of physical or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks is metaphorically represented as a certain amount of spoons.

Definitions

  1. Out of physical or mental energy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for out of spoons. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA