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last straw

NOUN
  1. the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit

How To Use last straw In A Sentence

  • She's always been rude to me, but it was the last straw when she started insulting my mother.
  • The sight of crooks demanding fortunes for prized tickets was the last straw. The Sun
  • ‘Whom do they think they are codding - hitting young people buying a first home is the last straw especially when prices are escalating at an enormous rate,’ he added.
  • For a writer, being panned by a critic can be the last straw, as you nervously bring your inky pride and joy into public view after umpteen years of sweat and sacrifice.
  • It's the last straw.
  • The derisory pay offer was the last straw for workers.
  • It was the last straw after 24 hours holding so much in his head. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was the last straw after 24 hours holding so much in his head. Times, Sunday Times
  • Four were taken out of the motor ambulances dead this week; the jolting is the last straw for the worst ones; it can't possibly be helped, "but it seems a pity. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915
  • He'd broken his promise again, and it was the last straw.
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