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The phrase "last straw" is used in figurative language to describe the final event or action that triggers a significant reaction or decision. It signifies a breaking point or the culmination of a series of events that lead to a realization or change in behavior.
It means the final trivial, thing that then causes serious consequences. It is a reference to a moral tale about someone who,straw by straw, loaded his camel. (In some cultures a donkey). A straw by itself is trivial in weight but if you keep adding them then the weight becomes significant. Finally the owner put on 'the last straw' and the camel fell down, its back broken from the weight of all the straws. This is the last straw or the straw that broke the camels back. In itself nothing but added to all the others was unbearable. Similar things can happen with machines or in relationships between people. Many things, by themselves unimportant, until you reach a stage where you have a breaking point.
The phrase of Greek origin referring to the common people is "hoi polloi."
The prepositional phrase for "from head" is "from head," indicating the starting point or origin of something.
The last name 'Lipe' was made in Germany, its place of origin.
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.
The word that rhymes with thaw is draw. Putting it together with last, you get the phrase "draw a line in the sand."
it means: the last staw
It should be "the last straw," which refers to the fable where a man kept loading a camel's back until he had put on one straw too many, and the camel's back broke. That was the last straw. If your phrase means anything, which is by no means certain, it would be " the single additional element that made her unable to bear her suffering."
The phrase "last straw" is used in figurative language to describe the final event or action that triggers a significant reaction or decision. It signifies a breaking point or the culmination of a series of events that lead to a realization or change in behavior.
The last one. The last piece of straw is what you need to complete the roof.
Yes. Last Straw is Number 3.
The Last Straw - 1998 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G
Get rid of last years bad year and have a "Happy New Year" !
Straw is the dried stem of a grain plant. A bit means a tiny amount.
There is no such phrase as "eat you".
The cast of The Last Straw - 2010 includes: Matt DeMello