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You need the possessive apostrophe in the word wits' because you are at the end of your wits. I am at my wits' end to figure a way to make you do your work!
'I'm at my Wits End' comes from 'Keep your wits about you' meaning to keep focus, concentration and strength. Therefore to be at your wits end is to have run out of wits, running out of focus, attention, patience and strength.
The Cross-Wits ended in 1987.
What does the word wits mean
It's an idiom not a question.
Wits University is a shortened version of the full name of the institution known as the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
To be exposed
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Origin "up a storm"
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The idiom "twelvemonth" comes from Old English, where it referred to a period of twelve months or a year. Over time, it evolved into a more formal or poetic way of saying "year."
It is a slang term from the 1930's, origin not known