last straw
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English Dictionarybe the last strawto be the final thing in a series of annoying things that makes someone very angry
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Idiomslast strawthe final/last strawthe last in a series of unpleasant events which finally makes you feel that you cannot continue to accept a bad situation.
One night he came home drunk at 5 o'clock in the morning and that was the last straw. He'd been unhappy at work for a long time but the last straw came when he was refused promotion. Lucy leaving was the last straw for him and he pretty much gave up the will to live. (often +
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last straw n. phr. A small trouble which follows other troubles and makes one lose patience and be unable to bear them.
Bill had a bad day in school yesterday. He lost his knife on the way home, then he fell down, and when he broke a shoe lace, that was the last straw and he began to cry. Mary didn't like it when the other girls said she was proud and lazy, but when they said she told fibs it was the straw that broke the camel's back and she told the teacher. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲