OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 38034

last straw

Meanings (ES + gloss)
acabose • colmo • la gota que colma el vaso • puntilla
A small addition to an already heavy burden which causes it to exceed the capacity.
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.
That's the last straw; it's a petty demand but I’m already under too much work. I quit!
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