wear thin | Idiomator

Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)To lessen or weaken over time, as from overuse.1982February 6, Lester Strong, “A World Cast Adrift”, inGay Community News, volume 9, number28, page14:Women and gay people, for example, can start to live more freely with the breakdown of patriarchal and heterosexist institutions, while workers and people of color are able to challenge the economics of poverty and the ideology of racism as the rationales behind those notions continue towear ever thinner.2009October 7, Joel Sherwood, “Pressure on Latvia Builds”, inThe Wall Street Journal:Continuing his recent stern rhetoric, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg told reporters in Stockholm that many have worked hard to help Latvia deal with its severe economic recession but that patience iswearing thin.2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, inBritish Journal of Educational Technology, volume48, number 5, page1090:[T]he ‘fun’ factor may be in part attributable the novelty of the feedback mechanism, and the sense of fun mightwear thinafter longer exposure to the feedback method.

Examples:

EN: I'm afraid Mr King's New World charm is beginning to wear thin.
ES: el encanto americano del sr. King esta empezando a cansar.
EN: But slowly the bloom fades, and their patience begins to wear thin.
ES: Pero lentamente esa actitud y la paciencia se van desgastando
EN: The women wear thin stockings and freeze, but it looks good.
ES: Las mujeres llevan medias finas y se hielan, pero están guapas.
EN: My charms wear thin after about the third or fourth date.
ES: Mis encantos se agotan en la tercera o cuarta cita.
EN: You know, this irresponsible kid act of yours is starting to wear thin.
ES: Tu irresponsabilidad está comenzando a cansar.
EN: No. I'm saying after a while it'd wear thin.
ES: No, digo que acabaría cansándome tras un tiempo.
EN: But inevitably, when it becomes a habit, doesn't the pleasure wear thin?
ES: Pero, inevitablemente, cuando se convierte en costumbre, ¿no se agota el placer?
EN: You know, this buddy-buddy shtick between you two... is really starting to wear thin.
ES: Esta amistad entre Uds. dos me está empezando a agotar.
EN: But my patience is starting to wear thin on this matter.
ES: Pero mi paciencia esta empezando a agotarse con este asunto
EN: Yeah, I know, it can wear thin, right?
ES: Sí, lo sé, se vuelve menos interesante, ¿cierto?
EN: About clark is really starting to wear thin.
ES: Acerca de Clark realmente comienza a desgastar la línea.
EN: - Patience is beginning to wear thin and they understand why.
ES: - la paciencia se me está comenzando a agotar y entienden por qué.
EN: I want you to think before you speak because my patience is starting to wear thin.
ES: Quiero que pienses antes de hablar porque se me está agotando la paciencia.
EN: Don't tell me the goody-three-toes thing doesn't wear thin after a while.
ES: - No me digas que el buenito de tres dedos. no te agota después de un tiempo.
EN: Frontier life must be exhilarating... though I suppose there are certain activities that might wear thin after a while, frog jumping contests, or who could eat the most pie.
ES: La vida allí debe ser fascinante. Aunque supongo que ciertas actividades deben cansar después de un tiempo: carreras de ranas o ver quién es capaz de comer más tarta.

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