last straw

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small addition to an already heavy burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.

idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolacabose colmo la gota que colma el vasopuntilla

Françaisla goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

Deutschder Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt

9 more languages

Češtinaposlední kapka

Ελληνικάη σταγόνα που ξεχείλισε το ποτήρι

Suomiviimeinen niitti viimeinen pisara

Magyarutolsó csepp a pohárban

Italianol'ultima goccia la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso

Polskimiarka się przebrała

Portuguêsgota d'água última gota

Русскийпосле́дняя ка́пля

ไทยฟางเส้นสุดท้าย

Examples

“That's the last ⟳ straw; it's a petty demand ⟳ but I’m already under too much work ⟳. I quit ⟳!”

“First to fail ⟳, inevitably, are the airlines. For Flybe, which was already losing money at the rate of £2 million a day, Coronavirus was the last ⟳ straw.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Last Supper last thing one needs Last Thursdayism last time last trump last universal ancestor

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