"straw" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

straw sustantivo

sustantivo + straw
Kolokacji: 10
Jack Straw • Mr. Straw • drinking straw • soda straw • wheat straw • ...
straw + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 34
straw hat • straw poll • straw man • straw mat • straw mattress • ...
verbo + straw
Kolokacji: 6
grasp at straws • use straw • draw the straw • clutch at straws • spin straw • ...
adjetivo + straw
Kolokacji: 16
final straw • short straw • fresh straw • clean straw • dry straw • ...
(2) short, long
Kolokacji: 2
(3) dry, damp, wet
Kolokacji: 3
1. proverbial straw = przysłowiowa słoma proverbial straw
  • I did not mean to be nasty, but this accident is the proverbial last straw.
  • This was the proverbial last straw for Emily.
  • He had little belief in the truth of the statement, but it was the proverbial straw and the only one.
  • "The proverbial straw on the camel's back," said Spock with a nod.
  • For a moment, Hamadi wondered if that was to be the proverbial straw that would break the camel's back.
  • Well, I think that was the proverbial straw.
  • This final break-down becomes the proverbial straw that broke the tours' back.
  • The end, the proverbial straw that you've been looking for.
  • It was everything that had been happening-the mirror was just the proverbial straw on the camel's back.
  • The proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, you know?
2. moldy straw = spleśniała słoma moldy straw
3. old straw = stara słoma old straw
4. musty straw = pachnąca stęchlizną słoma musty straw
(5) pale, thin
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + straw
Kolokacji: 8
with straw • at straws • of straw • through a straw • in the straw • ...

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