GRAMMAR DETAIL

〜にもほどがある

there is a limit to

Strongly rebukes an action or state for exceeding reasonable limits.

Examples

冗談にもほどがある。相手の気持ちへの配慮が必要だ。

There is a limit to what counts as a joke. You need to consider the other person's feelings.

人を待たせるにもほどがある。

There is a limit to how long you can keep someone waiting.

無断で一時間も遅れるなんて、非常識にもほどがある。

There is a limit to how inconsiderate one can be; arriving an hour late without notice is outrageous.

Structure: にもほどがある strongly rebukes an action or state as exceeding acceptable limits.
Basic usage: 人を待たせるにもほどがある。 criticizes someone for keeping others waiting too much.

Connecting a noun or an action
- It can attach to a noun in 冗談にもほどがある or directly to a dictionary-form verb in 人を待たせるにもほどがある. The preceding expression identifies what has gone too far.
Unlike a neutral statement of a limit
- 待ち時間には上限がある explains a maximum waiting time. 待たせるにもほどがある protests that someone has actually been kept waiting excessively, making it a strong complaint rather than an announcement.