last straw
Noun
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Noun
last straw (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.
- That's the last straw; it's a petty demand but I’m already under too much work. I quit!
- French: la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase
- German: der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt
- Italian: l'ultima goccia, la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso
- Portuguese: a última gota
- Russian: после́дняя ка́пля
- Spanish: la gota que colma el vaso, acabose, puntilla
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