Tag: the last straw
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Fall back on
WotD: Fall back on Do you have a person or resource to fall back on when everything else has failed? I’m sure you do. It’s like having life insurance for, well, all of those little life happenings that can get the better of us sometimes. We fall back on someone or something when everything else has failed. We can…
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The last straw
Idiom: The last straw Most of us are patient, and we can handle a lot of disappointment or pressure. However, there comes a time when just one more thing—one more bad experience, one more late train, one more night of working overtime, one more cold coffee, or one more ignorant comment from a coworker—makes us…
