Examples of 'last straw' in a sentence
Meaning of "last straw"
Last straw: This phrase is used to describe the final small problem or issue that causes a situation to become unbearable, leading to a breakdown or change
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- A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.
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That was the last straw for my dad.
That bolt of lightning was the last straw.
The last straw was an infestation of fire ants.
Tourgasm was the last straw with me.
The last straw will eventually appear.
The hovertank test was the last straw.
And my last straw was being starved.
The nipple piercing was the last straw.
That was the last straw for my father.
This morning was just the last straw.
The last straw in our bad luck.
This is the eighth to the last straw.
This was the last straw to local people.
That should have been the last straw.
But the last straw for many.
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His being late would be the last straw.
The last straw is filled with humour.
But that was the last straw for me.
The last straw was the cell phone.
What you did today is the last straw.
The last straw on a female camel.
Signe may have been the last straw.
This was the last straw for the north.
And this tripe is the last straw.
Last straw for the management of the hotel.
This ghost is just the last straw.
Then let the last straw be for him.
That would have been the last straw.
But the last straw was this.
Tell him what was the last straw.
The last straw keeping me alive.
I wonder what her last straw was.
The last straw was a case of appendicitis that was missed.
Losing that job was the last straw.
More of a last straw sort of thing.
This episode became the last straw.
That was the last straw for the lady.
The dirty bomb was the last straw.
Refuse the last straw of help.
And the money was the last straw.
That was the last straw for a discontented populace.
That monster attack was the last straw.
And the last straw was bad taste in shoes.
And that had been the last straw.
That was the last straw for this guy.
And this weekend was the last straw.
It was the last straw for investors.
But this might be the last straw.
And the last straw is that last one.
Sigi s whistle was the last straw.
