the final/last straw
noun
: the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset, angry, etc.
It had been a difficult week, so when the car broke down, it was the last straw.
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This proved the last straw for Mayor Bill de Blasio, who torpedoed the back-channel effort.
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Richard Steier, New York Daily News, 15 July 2024
The complete dissonance between their interpretations of their situation is the last straw for Tom.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
But amid waves of inflation, the unpopular and wide-ranging plan to hike taxes on items such as egg imports and specialist hospital equipment aimed at closing the country’s huge deficit was the final straw for many younger and poorer Kenyans.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 26 June 2024
Might someone have foreseen that this could blow up and become the last straw for the job tenure of Posley and probably others?
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024
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Richard Steier, New York Daily News, 15 July 2024
The complete dissonance between their interpretations of their situation is the last straw for Tom.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
But amid waves of inflation, the unpopular and wide-ranging plan to hike taxes on items such as egg imports and specialist hospital equipment aimed at closing the country’s huge deficit was the final straw for many younger and poorer Kenyans.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 26 June 2024
Might someone have foreseen that this could blow up and become the last straw for the job tenure of Posley and probably others?
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2024
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“The final/last straw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20final%2Flast%20straw. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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