take the biscuit



take the biscuit

To be the most disappointing, annoying, shocking, outrageous, or egregious thing to have happened or been done. (Usually said hyperbolically.) But when I found out that he had been reading through my text messages, well, that took the biscuit! The government is using the taxes from the working class to bail out the banks that ruined the economy? That really takes the biscuit!
See also: biscuit, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Oenone-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Nia (1)-Welsh
GerfriedGER-freetGerman
Florent-French
Yumiyoo-meeJapanese
Fion-Irish