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the final straw
the final/last straw
the last in a series of unpleasant events which finally makes you feel that you cannot continue to accept a bad situation One night he came home drunk at 5 o'clock in the morning and that was the last straw. He'd been unhappy at work for a long time but the last straw came when he was refused promotion. (often + for ) Lucy leaving was the last straw for him and he pretty much gave up the will to live.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Grimes | | [graimz] | |
| Girish | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam |
| Larry | | LER-ee, LAR-ee | English |
| Carme (2) | | - | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Zina | | - | Russian |
| Wyatt | | ['waiət] | |