the last straw
the final straw
the straw that breaks the camel's back
the straw that broke the camel's back

When he came up to me, it was the last straw.

Now even I felt this to be the last straw.

It would be the last straw if they had her.

But he knew this would have been the last straw, if he'd needed one.

Most often, the last straw was the effect violence had on children.

The last straw came when he told me to move a big rock out of his way.

It was the last straw when I supposed you were dead.

But she had told him his affair was the last straw.

If he had gotten himself lost it would be the last straw!

I only thought the talking duck was the last straw.

The new allegations may simply have been the last straw.

This is the last straw for her husband, who just wants his wife back, and they separate.

The interview with Charles was far beyond the last straw.

The last straw was the night a bill collector called my home.

For one man seated near the front, this was the last straw.

"You think it's the last straw, but suddenly they find a new way to do it."

"This will be the last straw for many people," he said.

"We are reaching a point where this could be the last straw."

Her mother started to cry, and that was the last straw.

"This might be the last straw for a lot of these guys," he said.

It was already in the works and this is the last straw for many residents.

That was the last straw in a long and frustrating day.

His eyes said this was the last straw and definitely not allowed.

It would be the last straw if her husband tried to get romantic at the wrong time of the month.