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last straw

n. (context slang English) A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.

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last straw

n. the final irritation that stretches you patience byond the limit

Usage examples of "last straw".

He dismissed me, nodding at the guards to take me away, the last straw as far as I was concerned.

If you are a person who is already struggling, having to get your head around adverts is likely to be the last straw.

The pallbearer's stumbling was the last straw: the peasants and fishermen of several villages submitted a petition to Herr Olschewski and threatened to send an even more strongly worded one to the school board.