last straw | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,almost always preceded bythe)A small addition to an already heavyburdenwhich causes it toexceedthe capacity.That's thelast straw; it's a petty demand but I’m already under too much work. I quit!2020March 25, “Network News: What COVID-19 means for rail in a wider transport context”, inRail, page10:First to fail, inevitably, are the airlines. For Flybe, which was already losing money at the rate of £2 million a day, Coronavirus was thelast straw.

Examples:

EN: - This is the last straw! - Get in there.
ES: - ¡Esto es el colmo!
EN: This madman is the last straw. Send him away.
ES: Enviar llevárselo.
EN: This holding up the stagecoach is the last straw.
ES: Este robo a la diligencia es la gota que colma el vaso.
EN: That's the last straw!
ES: Es el colmo. Renuncio.
ES: ¡Es la gota que rebasa el vaso!
ES: Esto es el golpe de gracia.
EN: This is the last straw!
ES: ¡Suficiente!
ES: ¡Suficiente! ¿Dónde está mi Stradivarius?
ES: Esto es el colmo.
EN: Well, that's the last straw.
ES: Es la gota que colma el vaso.
EN: But this is the last straw!
ES: ¡Pero esto es el colmo!
EN: That's the last straw.
ES: Bueno, esa es la última gota.
EN: That was the last straw when they heard about Macintyre's dying.
ES: Empezó cuando conocieron la muerte del Dr. Macintyre.
EN: This is the last straw! You owe me a month's rent.
ES: Me debe un mes de alquiler.
EN: It's a last straw!
ES: ¡Es la última!
EN: The last straw left to cling to.
ES: La última paje salió para colgarlo.
EN: - Leslie, this is the last straw.
ES: - Leslie, esto es el colmo.
EN: Well, that's the last straw!
ES: Escucha Charlie, si me he equivocado...
EN: Jane, this is the last straw.
ES: Jane, esto es el colmo.

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