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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The 4-1 defeat to Manchester City last Saturday was considered the final straw.
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
In the immediate aftermath, as the halls of Congress were still being cleared of broken glass and debris and urine, even shaken allies of Trump declared that things had gone much too far and that this was the last straw.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
Many feel the Labour Party government’s tax change, part of an effort to raise billions of pounds to fund public services, is the last straw.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
The move from third-party fact checkers to what Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls community notes — similar to the system used by Elon Musk’s X —will be the last straw for many users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
In the immediate aftermath, as the halls of Congress were still being cleared of broken glass and debris and urine, even shaken allies of Trump declared that things had gone much too far and that this was the last straw.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
Many feel the Labour Party government’s tax change, part of an effort to raise billions of pounds to fund public services, is the last straw.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
The move from third-party fact checkers to what Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls community notes — similar to the system used by Elon Musk’s X —will be the last straw for many users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 10 Jan. 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 5 Feb. 2025.
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