Custom Search   [ Correct English | Common Errors |  | Sample Letters | Glossary of Correct Usage | Common Sentences | Q & A ] [ English Compositions | High School Vocab | Words | Phrases | Celebrity | Poetry Corner | SPM essays ] [ Literary English | Word Differentiation ] Sponsored Links <<Prev Phrases Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary English Conversation English Grammar American Idioms English Comprehension English Summary English News Movie Reviews   the last straw     A No, this is not happening. I will not tolerate being treated this way. Do you understand ? This is the last straw. B I'm sorry, Chanel. I am. I ... I just don't get what you want me to do. A I want you to pay.     A I'm sorry. Amy is the one constant I can count on, and now she is changing. B It's just a haircut and some clothes. A No, it's the last straw ! I can't take it any more !     A Well, then why didn't you just break up with her ? B I tried. She just wouldn't let go. And then that day with my wife and the candy, that was the last straw.     ** the last in a series of unpleasant events that finally makes you feel that you cannot continue to accept a bad situation **    Losing my job was bad enough, but being evicted was the last straw.   don't play dumb slip my mind a slip of the tongue on the fence beck and call under a lot of pressure under no circumstances get over yourself pipe dream suck up You're one to talk steal one's thunder swoop in We all chipped in barking up the wrong tree ramble on make peace with it off and on set in motion too close to home a walk in the park go to great lengths drop the ball put sb up to sth     Phrases 01 Sponsored Links     American Slang English Proverbs English Exercises Common English mistakes Ancient Chinese stories Junior English essays High school English essays Lower Secondary English essays