impatient of something—unable to endure smth.; unwilling to submit to smth.:
- His early orphanage was not without its effect in confirming a character naturally impatient of control.
impatient with something—easily provoked or irritated when dealing with smth.:
- This book is for you if you get impatient with heavy, conventional and lengthy textbooks.
Note: Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase impatient for something—eager for smth. to happen; eager to do or obtain smth.:
- Koizumi himself acknowledged after polls closed that people were impatient for change.