| 词汇 | be the last straw |
| 释义 | be the last strawbe the last straw to be the final thing in a series of annoying things that makes someone very angry 成为使人不堪忍受的最后一件事 He’d broken his promise again, and it was the last straw. 他又一次食言，这让人再也无法忍受下去了。 Examples from the Corpus be the last straw• For Amy this was the last straw.• For some reason that Jinny did not quite understand, it was the last straw.• For some, the effort to silence Zundel was the last straw.• His electoral thefts were the last straw.• Sending in bailiffs was the last straw.• Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude.• Transport pressure groups believe this will be the last straw for some services.• My getting this malignancy is the last straw, in her opinion. → be the last straw at last1(3) |
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