last straw
US /læst strɔ/
・UK /lɑ:st strɔ:/
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n.NounThe final problem in a series of problems that causes someone to lose patience or give up.
Her constant complaining was the last straw, and I finally quit.
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How a Language Experiment Ruined My Childhood
- I mean, how would you not internalize that as a kid? The last straw was when my dad noticed I didn't know what the word "intersection" meant when we stopped at a traffic light.
I mean, how would you not internalize that as a kid? The last straw was when my dad noticed I didn't know what the word "intersection" meant when we stopped at a traffic light.
- The last straw was when my dad noticed I didn't know what the word "intersection" meant when we stopped at a traffic light.
The last straw was when my dad noticed I didn't know what the word "intersection" meant when we stopped at a traffic light.
What we know about the wildfires in California
- That was kind of the last straw.
That was kind of the last straw.
- That was kind of the last straw.
That was kind of the last straw.
‘Full Nazi’: Elon Musk's AI chatbot started calling itself 'MechaHitler'
- You could certainly see how it might be the last straw, but I will say there were plenty of other straws before this that could have been the last one.
You could certainly see how it might be the last straw, but I will say there were plenty of other straws before this that could have been the last one.
- You could certainly say how it might be the last straw,
You could certainly say how it might be the last straw,
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- On February 27th, 1947, a cigarette became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
On February 27th, 1947, a cigarette became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
- On February 27, 1947, a cigarette became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
On February 27, 1947, a cigarette became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The Wacky Wabbit (1942)
- That's the last straw! I'll get that rabbit!
That's the last straw! I'll get that rabbit!
Bea Johnson: "Zero Waste Home" | Talks at Google
- So composting, for us, is the last straw before, uh, uh before the landfill.
So composting, for us, is the last straw before, uh, uh before the landfill.
- So composting for us is the last straw before the landfill.
So composting for us is the last straw before the landfill.
President Obama Awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- According to a recent headline, the movie "Sully" was the last straw: "We should never travel with Tom Hanks." I mean, you think about it.
According to a recent headline, the movie "Sully" was the last straw: "We should never travel with Tom Hanks." I mean, you think about it.
- was the last straw.
was the last straw.
10 ADVANCED ways to say ANGRY or ANNOYED | Advanced English Vocabulary*
- Another very similar one is the last straw.
Another very similar one is the last straw.
- So the last straw is that final thing in a collection of many little things that have annoyed you but that one thing it's the last straw.
So the last straw is that final thing in a collection of many little things that have annoyed you but that one thing it's the last straw.
The Nerdwriter on Cultivating a Powerful Worldview | Evan Puschak on Impact Theory
- And that, I think, is what trauma is, the period between when your old story breaks apart because of this last straw on the camel's back thing.
And that, I think, is what trauma is, the period between when your old story breaks apart because of this last straw on the camel's back thing.
- is, the period between when your old story breaks apart because of this last straw on
is, the period between when your old story breaks apart because of this last straw on
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- But reportedly the last straw was Maduro's regular public dancing okay, That's a new one.
But reportedly the last straw was Maduro's regular public dancing okay, That's a new one.
- But reportedly, the last straw was Maduro's regular public dancing.
But reportedly, the last straw was Maduro's regular public dancing.