After waiting in line for five hours with no updates, one can be at the end of one's tether.

There are few things worse than having stars in one's eyes about a job that turns out to be terrible.

In a crisis, it's important to keep one's head and make decisions based on facts rather than fear.

Being asked to reorganize the entire department overnight was clearly above one's bend for the new assistant.

When you start a new position, it can take time to find one's feet.

She ran for all one is worth to catch the last train.

His coach kept yelling 'haul one's ashes' whenever we slowed down, using the crude phrase to make us move faster.

When faced with clear evidence, a politician who values honesty eats one's words and apologizes to the public.

Having eaten one's words, the columnist issued a public apology and corrected the article.

When confronted with clear evidence, one ate one's words and admitted they had been mistaken.