straw

Related to straw: straw man, drinking straw

the last straw

The final problem, setback, or source of irritation in a series that causes one to finally lose patience or for something to stop working. A shortening of the proverb "it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back." I've been a good sport about letting Tom share the credit for my work, but this is the last straw! I'm finally going to expose him for the liar he is. OK, that's the last straw, kids! I told you to stop shouting back there, and now I'm turning this car around.
See also: last, straw
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

straw

1. n. marijuana. (Drugs.) He stood right on the corner, selling straw by the handful from a bucket at his feet—and nobody even called the cops. This straw is not the best quality I’ve seen.
2. n. papers for rolling marijuana cigarettes. (Drugs.) I can’t manage the straw with one hand. How do these cowboys do it?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (something) is the last straw
  • (something) is the straw that broke the camel's back
  • a drowning man will clutch at a straw
  • a drowning man will grab at a straw
  • a drowning man will grasp at a straw
  • a man of straw
  • a straw in the wind
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • bang straw
  • be the final straw
  • be the last straw
  • be the last/final straw
  • buy straw hats in winter
  • called to straw
  • catch at (a) straw(s)
  • clutch at a straw
  • clutch at straws
  • clutch/grasp at straws
  • draw straws
  • draw straws for
  • draw straws for (something)
  • draw the short straw
  • grab at a straw
  • grab at straws
  • grasp at a straw
  • grasp at straws
  • grasp at straws, to
  • grasping at straws
  • have straws in (one's) hair
  • It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back
  • last straw
  • last straw, the
  • make bricks without straw
  • man of straw
  • not care two straws
  • not care two straws (about something)
  • not worth a damn
  • not worth a straw
  • straw
  • straw boss
  • straw in the wind
  • straw man
  • straw poll
  • straw that stirs the drink
  • straw vote
  • straw(s) in the wind
  • straws in (one's) hair
  • straws in your hair
  • stumble at a straw
  • take a straw poll
  • the final straw
  • the last straw
  • the short straw
  • the straw that breaks the camel's back
  • the straw that breaks the donkey's back
  • the straw that broke the camel's back
  • the straw that broke the donkey's back
  • this/that is the last straw
  • throw straws against the wind
  • You cannot make bricks without straw
  • you can't make bricks without straw
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The province of Misamis Occidental has taken one step forward towards becoming an ecological-friendly community as it started selling out reusable 'bamboo straws,' a green initiative seen to help the world in countering the worsening problem on plastic pollution.
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After listening to feedback from its customer base, the firm has developed the paper spoon straw to replace polypropylene straws.
Iced drinks firm ditches plastic straws
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