英语词组last straw是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

last strawthe 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.Lucy leaving was the last straw for him and he pretty much gave up the will to live.

(often + for)

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.

last straw

and the straw that broke the camel's back

the final difficulty in a series; the last little burden or problem that causes everything to collapse. (From the image of a camel being loaded down with much weight. Finally, at some point, one more straw will be too much and the camel's back will break.) When our best player came down sick, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. We hoped to make the playoffs, but lost all the rest of our games. When she showed up late a third time, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. We had to fire her.

last straw

n. the final act or insult; the act that finally calls for a response. This is the last straw. I’m calling the police.

last straw, the

The final minor irritation; one last superfluous item. This term, also put as the straw that broke the camel’s back, appears in Dickens’s Dombey and Son (1848). It is a version of the earlier “last feather that breaks the horse’s back,” found in Archbishop John Bramhall’s Works (1677) and repeated in Fuller’s Gnomologia (1732). Both convey a vivid image of something that would not be burdensome if there were not too much of it, but the straw version is the one that survived and became a cliché.

词组	last straw
释义	last straw Theme: FINALITY n. the final act or insult; the act that finally calls for a response. This is the last straw. I'm calling the police.Someone's leaving the eggshells in the sink was the last straw. Idiom last strawthe 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.Lucy leaving was the last straw for him and he pretty much gave up the will to live. (often + for) 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. last straw and the straw that broke the camel's back the final difficulty in a series; the last little burden or problem that causes everything to collapse. (From the image of a camel being loaded down with much weight. Finally, at some point, one more straw will be too much and the camel's back will break.) When our best player came down sick, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. We hoped to make the playoffs, but lost all the rest of our games. When she showed up late a third time, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. We had to fire her. last straw n. the final act or insult; the act that finally calls for a response. This is the last straw. I’m calling the police. last straw, the The final minor irritation; one last superfluous item. This term, also put as the straw that broke the camel’s back, appears in Dickens’s Dombey and Son (1848). It is a version of the earlier “last feather that breaks the horse’s back,” found in Archbishop John Bramhall’s Works (1677) and repeated in Fuller’s Gnomologia (1732). Both convey a vivid image of something that would not be burdensome if there were not too much of it, but the straw version is the one that survived and became a cliché.
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