The last straw

We can all handle minor annoyances, until they build up and one more makes us snap. That one thing is the last straw.
Lat again. This is the last straw. I’m going to dump that idiot!

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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 snap, and we lose our patience.

That one more thing is the last straw.

As I said earlier, most of us are patient, but there is a point when we will not be patient anymore.

The last straw is the thing that makes us snap, lose our temper, quit our job, etc.


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