the final/last straw
noun
: the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset, angry, etc.
It had been a difficult week, so when the car broke down, it was the last straw.
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The move from third-party fact checkers to what Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls community notes — similar to the system used by Elon Musk’s X —will be the last straw for many users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
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Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Travel records were the final straw, business manager says
Riggsbee believes her firing was retaliatory.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
For Todd, the last straw came days after that email.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
This came as a blow to his wife, and precipitated their divorce; and proved the last straw for his parents, who disowned him.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Oct. 2024
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Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Travel records were the final straw, business manager says
Riggsbee believes her firing was retaliatory.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
For Todd, the last straw came days after that email.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
This came as a blow to his wife, and precipitated their divorce; and proved the last straw for his parents, who disowned him.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 13 Oct. 2024
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“The final/last straw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20final%2Flast%20straw. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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