Stress and pressure · Feelings and energy
at breaking point
unable to cope
So stressed that you feel you cannot deal with any more problems.
This vs that
I was at breaking point.
I felt overwhelmed.
Hear it in real life
How are you holding up?
Honestly, I'm at breaking point.
By the end of the month, I was at breaking point with work and family problems.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
The idiom is the normal concise way to describe extreme stress.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I am in the breaking point with my job.
Say: I am at breaking point with my job.
Use the preposition 'at' with this idiom.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be at breaking point; feel at breaking point
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about stress and pressure.
I've got too much on
I've got too much on this week.
I'm struggling to keep up
I'm struggling to keep up with all these emails.
Stress and pressure words
Feelings and energy · Stress and pressure: the words around “at breaking point”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
I was at breaking point.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
at breaking point
unable to cope
“By the end of the month, I was at breaking point with work and family problems.”
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