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The last straw that broke a camel's back. Who said this first time?
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This is unknown, because many have claimed to be the originators, as with all popular sayings.
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Is the saying the straw that broke the camels back an idiom or a metaphor?
a metaphor
What breaks the camels back?
it is a "straw" that breaks the camel's back!
What issue is could be considered to be the straw that broke the camel's back?
speech on it was the last straw that broke the camel's back
What does 'the straw that broke the camel's back' mean?
It is used in reference to a small, seemingly insignificant, action that leads to, usually disastrous, far-reaching consequences. The phrase refers to the image of a camel so laden with objects on its back that a further small addition of weight, small as a straw may be, is enough to break its back. The stark contrast of the light straw and the highly-regarded strength of the camel's back furthermore suggests a precipitous interpretation for the metaphor.If you keep loading straw,piece by piece, onto a Camels back even though one piece of straw is very light sooner or later one more piece is more than the Camels back can take. = You have pushed it to far.It means you can't take any more. If you add one more thing even something as small as a single piece of straw you will finally collapse. The straw that broke the camels back is an idiom and a metaphor for a catastrophe caused by an insignificant change: A camel is loaded up with straw, and single straws are added to the load, and the last straw to be added breaks its back.It was the cumulative effect that caused the catastrophic breaking of the back, but it appeared to be a tiny change that caused it.The straw that broke the camels back, is the last straw, the thing that caused the situation to collapse...
What broke the camel's back?
The last straw !
What is the antonym for the idiom 'the icing on the cake?
The last straw, or the straw that broke the camel's back.
Explain how the intolerable acts broke the camels back?
they did hppr9rn
Is there another idiom for the last straw?
Yes, there is another idiom for 'the last straw'. You could use 'the straw that broke the camels' back'. It basically means that you are no longer willing to accept a certain situation and demand change.
What are the release dates for Swamp Brothers - 2011 Straw That Broke the Camel's Back 1-7?
Swamp Brothers - 2011 Straw That Broke the Camel's Back 1-7 was released on: USA: 27 May 2011
What does last staw mean?
The phrase "last straw" refers to the final, decisive event that causes a situation to become unbearable or prompts a significant reaction. It is often used to describe the breaking point in a series of frustrating or challenging circumstances.
What does that's the last straw of Phillip mean?
It means that is your last chance you have gotten on my nerves too many times and you just blew your last chance. There is a old saying: "The straw that broke the camel's back." Camels are reputed to be able to carry massive load, often more than a wagon can. But great as the carrying capacity of a camel is you can still over-load him. One such example is of gradually adding single strands of straw to a camel until you effect a weight that will 'break the camel's' back. This final straw has been likened to the cummulative effects of insults or out-rages that a tolerant ruler will no longer abide.The saying "the straw that broke the camel's back" means that if you pile enough of anything up, it will become too heavy eventually.This has become a saying meaning "I have too much to do, and I am stressing out."The saying "that's the last straw" comes from that original saying, and means "That's it, I have had enough!"They are saying that whatever just happened WAS the straw that broke the camel's back.The phrase the last straw asks us to imagine that we are loading various burdens onto a camel, so the camel can transport them for us, and we put on more and more, to the limit of the camel's strength, and in the end, we just add one straw (which weighs almost nothing) but since we have reached the limit of the camel's strength, that last straw is too much, and the camel collapses. So the last straw is the final burden that is too much to bear.The long version of this idiom is, "The final straw that broke the camel's back." This isn't a drinking straw, it's like hay. Imagine you're in the desert, and you need a camel to carry your straw. You load it on, and on, and on, it starts buckling it's legs BUT it fits. You put on just one more straw and it breaks the camel's back. The straws are supposed to be mistake. Every time you do something bad, you're adding a straw to the camel's back. You did one last thing.. And it broke the camel's back. It's not that one thing that gets you grounded or fired or expelled or whatever, it's the combined crimes you commited: All the straw.it means you are very angry and have had enough It refers to the straw that broke the camel's back, because the camel is already carrying its maximum weight of straw before one more straw is added, and it is used as a metaphor for the last provocation before patience is exhausted.
Parliament made laws for America what was that law?
If you're referring to 'the straw that broke the came's back' - it was probably the Stamp Act.
