final straw

English

Noun

final straw (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of last straw
    • 2023 April 18, Laura Snapes, quoting Drake, “AI song featuring fake Drake and Weeknd vocals pulled from streaming services”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      “This is the final straw AI,” he wrote in an Instagram story.
    • 2023 May 31, “Network News: Micro-management prompted Gibb to quit ScotRail”, in RAIL, number 984, page 25:
      This follows the confirmation that Gilruth personally ordered the cancellation of engineering works in Fife last year, which is thought to have been the final straw for Gibb […] . Because her Fife constituency was materially affected by the cancellation, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who raised Gibb's departure at First Minister's Questions on May 18, described the incident as a "clear-cut sackable offence".
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