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the_straw_that_broke_the_camel's_back

the straw that broke the camel's back

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the straw that broke the camel’s back

  1. (idiomatic) A small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.
    • 1848. Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son:
      As the last straw breaks the laden camel's back.

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