out of spoons

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English

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Etymology

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

Prepositional phrase

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out of spoons

  1. (idiomatic) Out of physical and/or mental energy
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