It is the last straw that breaks the camel

It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back. It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back. 骆驼负载过重时，最后一根稻草也会压断其脊梁。这则谚语最早出现在英国作家狄更斯的《董贝父子》中，他写过“as the last straw breaks the laden camel’s back”这样的语句。人们后来往往用短语the last straw表示 “使人无法承受的最后一击”或是“最终导致失败的因素”等含义, 一直流传至今，成为家喻户晓的谚语。 The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back ( one last thing that finally made the you upset ... ) "the straw that broke the camel's back" The straw that broke the camel's back is the last thing you are willing to accept after which you will not put up with any more. Example: "You broke a lot of rules and we tried to ignore it. But stealing money from us was the straw that broke the camel's back. We're sending you home to your parents." You are at the last straw when you are just about to lose your patience. The straw that broke the camel's back is the last thing that that happened that finally made you upset. Example: "He came to work late every day that week. Then on Friday, he didn't show up at all." Reply: "That was the straw that broke the camel's back." There is a limit to how much straw (long yellow grass) a camel can carry on its back. If you keep putting more straw on top, it will finally break the camel's back. When you are at the last straw you are finally angry and will not take any more. Example: "You have been rude to me all day. I've had it. That's the last straw!" 像是说，忍无可忍。。。 It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back. [谚]最后添加的一根稻草压断骆驼背脊; 最后凑上的一个细小因素引发一场大祸。 "The Last Straw" redirects here. For the Charles Bukowski film, see The Last Straw (film). For the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, see Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw. The idiom the straw that broke the camel's back is from an Arabic proverb about how a camel wearing shoes is loaded beyond its capacity to move[citation needed]. This is a reference to any process by which cataclysmic failure (a broken back) is achieved by a seemingly inconsequential addition (a single straw). This also gives rise to the phrase "the last/final straw", used when something is deemed to be the last in a line of unacceptable occurrences. Variations of this idiom include "the straw that broke the donkey's back", "melon that broke the monkey's back" and "final feather that broke the camel's back" The adventures of Tom Sawyer One of the earliest published usages of this phrase was in Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son where he says "As the last straw breaks the laden camel's back", meaning that there is a limit to everyone's endurance, or everyone has his breaking point. Dickens was writing in the nineteenth century and he may have received his inspiration from an earlier proverb, recorded by Thomas Fuller in his Gnomologia as 'Tis the last feather that breaks the horse's back. The straw that broke the camel's back is the last thing you are willing to accept after which you will not put up with any more. Example: "You broke a lot of rules and we tried to ignore it. But stealing money from us was the straw that broke the camel's back. We're sending you home to your parents." You are at the last straw when you are just about to lose your patience. The straw that broke the camel's back is the last thing that that happened that finally made you upset. Example: "He came to work late every day that week. Then on Friday, he didn't show up at all." Reply: "That was the straw that broke the camel's back." There is a limit to how much straw (long yellow grass) a camel can carry on its back. If you keep putting more straw on top, it will finally break the camel's back. When you are at the last straw you are finally angry and will not take any more. Example: "You have been rude to me all day. I've had it. That's the last straw!" Mary had a bad day yesterday. She missed the bus and was late for class. She quarreled with her neighbour, and then lost her glasses. When the teacher asked her to stay after school, it was the last straw that broke the camel’s back: she broke into tears. 昨天玛丽一天都不顺利，她误了汽车，上课迟到，她和邻座的同学吵架，又丢失了眼镜，当老师叫她课后留下时，她再也受不了了，哭了起来。 For the past few months, father has been overworking, doing all sorts of extra jobs, and the organization of the conference which he was asked to take care of last week was the last straw that broke the camel’s back: he had a stroke and was hospitalized. 过去几个月中，父亲劳累过度，他的额外事太多了，上周叫他负责组织一次会议，终于使他累跨了，他患脑溢血而住院了。 。