suffer fools gladly

The now commonly-used English idiom “suffer fools gladly” (meaning to deal with or tolerate ignorant people or behavior) was first coined in 1526 in the English New Testament translation of William Tyndale (in the spelling suffre foles gladly). (Source: Crystal 2010, p. 283)

For other idioms in English that were coined by Bible translation, see here.

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