THE LAST (OR FINAL) STRAW

Meaning of THE LAST (OR FINAL) STRAW in English

the last ( or final) straw

a further minor difficulty that comes after a series of difficulties and makes a situation unbearable. [from the proverb the last straw breaks the (laden) camel's back .]

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

FINAL — adj final; causa final final cause n [Mus.] finale
Interlingua English vocab
STRAW — I. ˈstrȯ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English straw, stree, from Old English strēaw, strē; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FINAL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FINAL — (a.) Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.
Английский словарь Webster
STRAW — — strawless , adj. — strawlike , adj. /straw/ , n. 1. a single stalk or stem, esp. of certain …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAST — last 1 /last, lahst/ , adj. a superl. of late with later as compar. 1. occurring or coming after all …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FINAL — /fuyn"l/ , adj. 1. pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAW — I. ˈstrȯ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strēaw; akin to Old High German strō straw, Old English strewian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAST — I. ˈlast verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lǣstan to last, follow; akin to Old English lāst footprint Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINAL — I. ˈfī-n ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin finalis, from finis boundary, end Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAW — vt to spread or scatter. ·see strew, and strow. 2. straw ·noun anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a …
Webster English vocab
LAST — adj in conclusion; finally. 2. last ·noun the burden of a ship; a cargo. 3. last ·adj supreme; highest in …
Webster English vocab
FINAL — adj respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view. 2. final ·adj …
Webster English vocab
STRAW — [straw] n [ME, fr. OE streaw; akin to OHG stro straw, OE strewian to strew] (bef. 12c) 1 a: stalks …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAST — [last] vb [ME, fr. OE laestan to last, follow; akin to OE last footprint] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to continue …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FINAL — [fi.nal] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L finalis, fr. finis boundary, end] (14c) 1 a: not to be altered or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STRAW — the stalks of grasses, particularly of such cereal grasses as wheat, oats, rye, barley, and buckwheat. When used collectively, the …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAW — straw BrE AmE strɔː strɑː ▷ straws strɔːz strɑːz ▶ ˌ straw ˈ man BrE AmE ▶ ˌ straw ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAST — last, Last BrE AmE lɑːst § læst AmE læst ▷ lasted ˈlɑːst ɪd § ˈlæst-, -əd AmE ˈlæst əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FINAL — final BrE AmE ˈfaɪn ə l ▷ final|ly i ▷ final|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAST — I . *last / lɑːst; NAmE læst/ determiner , adverb , noun , verb —see also last (II) ■ determiner …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAW — / strɔː; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] stems of wheat or other grain plants that have been cut …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINAL — / ˈfaɪnl; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] being or happening at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAW — straw S3 /strɔː $ strɒː/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: streaw ] 1 . a) [uncountable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAST — I. last 1 S1 W1 /lɑːst $ læst/ BrE AmE determiner , adjective 1 . most recent or nearest to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FINAL — I. fi ‧ nal 1 S1 W1 AC /ˈfaɪn ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAW — n. 1 dry cut stalks of grain for use as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, making hats, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAST — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
STRAW — n. 1 dry cut stalks of grain for use as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, making hats, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAST — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FINAL
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAW — n.1 dry cut stalks of grain for use as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, making hats, etc. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
LAST — 1. adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most …
Oxford English vocab
FINAL
Oxford English vocab
STRAW — ( straws) 1. Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley. The barn was …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAST — ( lasts, lasting, lasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINAL — ( finals) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. In a series of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINAL — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. In a series of events, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STRAW — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES straw poll straw/cowboy/bowler etc hat COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE final ▪ That was the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAST — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a final/last attempt ▪ They made one final attempt to make their marriage work. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FINAL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a final bid ▪ The unknown man was successful with a final bid of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAW — (DRIED STEMS) [noun] [U] - the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat or rice which are used as …
Cambridge English vocab
FINAL — (COMPETITION) [noun] [C] - the last in a series of games, races or competitions, usually the one in which the …
Cambridge English vocab
LAST — Synonyms and related words : Z, abide, advance, aforegoing, after, aftermost, apodosis, at last, at length, at long last, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAW — See: GIVE A HANG, GRASP AT A STRAW, GRASP AT STRAWS, LAST STRAW or STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK, …
Slang English vocab
LAST — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, …
Slang English vocab
FINAL — I. noun 1 last game/match in a competition ADJECTIVE ▪ grand ▪ He got through to the grand ~ of …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LAST — See ↑ BEFORE 4, ↑ CONTINUE 2, ↑ ENOUGH/NOT ENOUGH 1, ↑ LAST 1,5,6,7, ↑ REMAIN 2, ↑ SURVIVE 1 …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — INDEX: coming at the end 1. coming at the end after all others 2. to be the last one in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — n. 25B6; adjective the last woman in the queue : REARMOST, hindmost, endmost, at the end, at the back, furthest …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINAL — n. 25B6; adjective the final year of study : LAST, closing, concluding, finishing, end, terminating, ultimate, eventual. their decisions are …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINAL — adj. 1 ending, concluding, terminating, finishing, closing, last, terminal, ultimate, end The final sentence needs rewriting 2 conclusive, decisive, unalterable, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STRAW — See: GIVE A HANG, GRASP AT A STRAW, GRASP AT STRAWS, LAST STRAW or STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK, …
Словарь английских идиом
LAST — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, …
Словарь английских идиом
STRAW — Both wheat and barley straw were used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the horses cattle and camels. …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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