suffer fools gladly

Cultural  

1. A person who does not “suffer fools gladly” is one who does not tolerate stupidity in others.

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Example Sentences

He’s a terse, stiff, antisocial — or, more precisely, non-social — person who doesn’t stand on ceremony or suffer fools gladly, but who time and again saves the people of Portwenn from life-threatening conditions and accidents or, often, their own foolishness.

From Los Angeles Times

As Rogovoy astutely writes, Harrison “was one of four, and if sometimes it was hard to get a word in edgewise when your bandmates were the wickedly outrageous John Lennon, the voluble Paul McCartney, and the affable Ringo Starr, Harrison made every word count. His wit was as quick and biting as Lennon's. He did not suffer fools gladly—by the evidence of his songs, he despised them.”

From Salon

She could be very opinionated around the dinner table,” Ms Holland said who “wouldn’t suffer fools gladly”.

From BBC

Former DUP leader Peter Robinson is a man who - ahem - does not suffer fools gladly.

From BBC

This is a writer who does not suffer fools gladly — Raban’s nonfiction narrative engines practically glide forward on a road made from the bodies of people he has laid low with a droll aside.

From Seattle Times