Idiom: can't stand

[Lopez]

English Idioms and Expressions, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #11 "Expressing Emotions", question 1

I can't stand it when you talk to me like that! Stop doing that!

(a) want to fall
(b) feel like sitting down
(c) want to be disobedient
(d) despise

English Idioms and Expressions, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #11 "Expressing Emotions", answer 1

I despise it when you talk to me like that! Stop doing that!

Correct answer: (d) despise
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meaning of idiom: can't stand

Lopez

[Yankee]

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One definition of can't stand is given in the test. If you can't stand something, you despise or thoroughly dislike it.

Here is a dictionary link:
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[TomWelling]

For instance of meaning of Can't stand doing sth:
I can't stand doing the same thing every day.

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[ron1970]

"can't stand" can be broadly interpreted in these ways:

-you cannot endure something
-you cannot tolerate something

Another idiom that is similar in meaning is '(can't) put up with'
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