сдают нервы

(у кого)

разг.

one has lost one's nerve; one's nerves are shattered; one's nerves are wearing thin

- Скорее на берег! - Ещё у нескольких охотников сдали нервы. Они столкнули лёгкую, из моржовых шкур байдарку на воду. (Н. Шундик, Белый шаман) — 'Back to the shore as quick as you can!' A few other hunters also lost their nerve and pushed their light, walrus-hide canoe off the ice-floe into the water.

Даже у Джоунса начинают сдавать нервы, такая напряжённая атмосфера в городе после двух убийств. (В. Черняк, Час пробил) — Even Jones's nerves were wearing thin, so tense was the atmosphere in town since the two murders.