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last straw
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last strawnoun
last strawnoun
A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.
That’s the last straw; it’s a petty demand but I’m already under too much work. I quit!
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last strawnoun
the final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit
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I think the attorney general’s memo is maybe the last straw. Americans have had it with this attack on our First Amendment rights and our overall freedom. When you start telling moms and dads that government knows more about what’s best for your children than you do, I don’t think moms and dads are going to stand for that.
The film depicts the early 1990s. The Gotti trial was the last straw in the coffin, it was the end of an era and he was trying to hold on to this idea of something that really wasn't there anymore.
These floods are the last straw and will push millions of people further towards the brink of poverty.
Emergency situations are often the last straw for many families who are already living on the brink, they tip the balance and make it impossible for desperate parents to make ends meet and to protect their children. Marrying off their daughters can seem like the only option.
It traffics in all manner of innuendo and conspiracy theories that I think legitimately could lead to violence, that for me, and for Steve, was the last straw.
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