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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Last season was the final straw for the one-club man.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Pusha explained that Kanye’s habit of aligning with people who don’t support him was the final straw.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 July 2025
Meslier’s errors in the March 29 draw with Swansea City proved to be the final straw for the manager, but the Frenchman is understood to have held his hands up post-match.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 30 June 2025
For Eric Weinbaum, the last straw for his family was the Iranian ballistic missile that destroyed a building near his family’s Airbnb in Tel Aviv.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Pusha explained that Kanye’s habit of aligning with people who don’t support him was the final straw.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 July 2025
Meslier’s errors in the March 29 draw with Swansea City proved to be the final straw for the manager, but the Frenchman is understood to have held his hands up post-match.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 30 June 2025
For Eric Weinbaum, the last straw for his family was the Iranian ballistic missile that destroyed a building near his family’s Airbnb in Tel Aviv.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
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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 23 Jul. 2025.
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