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the final straw
The last in a series of negative actions or events that makes the situation no longer tolerable. I'm already fed up with your lazy, selfish behavior, Jim, but if you can't be bothered to come with me to my own mother's funeral, well that will be the final straw!
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final
/last straw The final annoyance or setback, which even though minor makes one no longer able to endure something.
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- be the final straw
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- be the last/final straw
- drive the final nail in (someone's or something's) coffin
- fall at the final hurdle
- final
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- final will and testament
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- last word
- leg of the/(one's) journey
- one final thing
- one final word
- put the final nail in (someone's or something's) coffin
- the final curtain
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- the Final Solution
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- your/the last/final word