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idiomthe last/final strawused about the problem that makes you so angry, or makes things so difficult, that you finally decide to change or leave the situation that you are in:When Mandy didn't bother to come home for Christmas dinner, that was the last straw.The final straw, which persuaded the Minister to quit his job, was missing his son's engagement party to attend a meeting in Strasbourg. —compare be the straw that breaks the camel's back
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