the last straw

The last straw came when Paige's eldest son Bruce came to stay. He asked her to buy chicken, and Paige ended up eating half of it.

Mary's grunting continuously annoyed her husband, and her mother's staying with them was the last straw.

This was the last straw in an ongoing battle over the search provider's discomfort with China's censorship policies.

John has always been a trouble maker at school but when he set fire to someone's locker, it was the last straw and he was expelled.

This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.

It was the last straw for her ; she packed up and moved North and regained her life.

After all the expense I've has recently, the final demand for payment of the gas bill was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Afghanistan war is what Vietnam War repeats itself, which will be the last straw to break the back of the American hegemonic power.

It was the last straw that my girlfriend refused to see me!

Giving up the right to marry could be the last straw for a church that is already battling against declining interest.

"Losing Groupon may have been the last straw, " said Salinero. "A company choosing independence over the Google mystique. "

But depending on your religious beliefs, it may also be the last straw.

The service of this store is always bad, but it is the last straw this time.

He was often tardy, and the last straw was him being late for her best friend's 40th birthday party.

What a ridiculous act that NTDTV regarded the "culture passed by gods" remarked by Li Hongzhi as the last straw of its series contests.

Coming so shortly on the heels of the subprime crisis, the debate over the debt ceiling and the budget deficit is the last straw.

His obstinacy over the customs union was the last straw.

In the serious environmental situation, heavy metal pollution is the "last straw" that has crushed the environment monitoring.

The last straw, however, was a small, irritating detail: The smell of burnt cheese.

I've had a terrible day, and this traffic is the last straw, I can't take any more.

It was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Lipika's refusal to participate in family worship was the last straw.

It is said that her son died in the battle, but there has been no official announcement; that's the last straw she clutches at.

But when I caught him using my toothbrush that was the last straw, so I kicked him out!

Rose: That's the last straw, Sam. You don't respect me at all.

Britain's request to exchange dollars for gold on August 13th 1971 was the last straw.

A: It was the last straw.

Everything's gone badly this week, and today I lost my wallet! That's the last straw.

She just went too far. That was the last straw.

Samuel grasped the last straw of his life.

"Tight capital has been the last straw for SMEs in trouble, " says Mr Zhou.

She told everybody my secret. That's the last straw .

But when I find out you are spending money on another woman, that's the last straw!

The PMI numbers were the last straw, pushing the 10-year US Treasury yield below 3 per cent for the first time since December.

The last straw breaks the camels back.

A straw breaks the camel, or the last straw breaks the camel's back.

It's the last straw that breaks the camel's back .

raining again! That's the last straw.

It's raining again! That's the last straw.

It's the last straw that breaks a camel's back.

That's the last straw. She is not my friends any more.

That's the last straw. You're fired!

You've been late for work too often. This is the last straw. You're fired.

That's the last straw!

She can't bear the noise upstairs! This is the last straw!

Unconscious: OK, that is the last straw.

Yes. This is the last straw.

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