the straw that breaks the camel's back



the straw that breaks the camel's back

the last in a series of unpleasant events which finally makes you feel that you cannot continue to accept a bad situation Losing my job was bad enough but having the relationship end like that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
See also: back, break, straw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ayokunle-Western African, Yoruba
PolliePAHL-eeEnglish
Andrea (2)AN-dree-ə (English), an-DRAY-ə (English), ahn-DRE-ah (German)English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Cr
Sultan-Arabic
Neemias-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Hafza-Arabic