STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK

Meaning of STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK in English

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Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK — last in a series of problems that finally caused a situation to become unbearable
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CAMEL — Either of two species of large, hump-backed ruminant s of the family Camelidae. Camels are used as draft and saddle …
Английский словарь Британика
THAT — I. ˈthat, usu -ad.+V pronoun ( plural those ˈthōz) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thæt, neuter demonstrative pron. & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAW — I. ˈstrȯ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English straw, stree, from Old English strēaw, strē; akin to Old High …
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BROKE — I. ˈbrōk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English broc break in the skin, from Old English broc trouble, fragment, …
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BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
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CAMEL — ˈkaməl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English camel (from Old English & Old North French) & chamel, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAMEL — (n.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for …
Английский словарь Webster
CAMEL — ( n. ) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAW — — strawless , adj. — strawlike , adj. /straw/ , n. 1. a single stalk or stem, esp. of certain …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAMEL — — camellike , adj. /kam"euhl/ , n. 1. either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROKE — /brohk/ , v. 1. a pt. of break . 2. Nonstandard. a pp. of break . 3. Archaic. a pp. …
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BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
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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
CAMEL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English & Anglo-French, from Latin camelus, from Greek kamēlos, of Semitic origin; akin to …
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
CAMEL — noun a water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal …
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BROKE — imp. & ·p.p. of break. 2. broke ·- of break. 3. broke ·impf of break. 4. broke ·vi to transact …
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STRAW — [straw] n [ME, fr. OE streaw; akin to OHG stro straw, OE strewian to strew] (bef. 12c) 1 a: stalks …
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CAMEL — [cam.el] n [ME, fr. OE & ONF, fr. L camelus, fr. Gk kamelos, of Sem origin; akin to Heb gamal …
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BROKE — [broke] past of break [2]broke adj [ME, alter. of broken] (1710): penniless
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
CAMEL — Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius) Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) (genus Camelus), either of two large ruminating mammals (family Camelidae, order Artiodactyla) …
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
CAMEL — camel BrE AmE ˈkæm ə l ▷ camel|s z
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BROKE — Broke BrE AmE brʊk
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BROKE — broke BrE AmE brəʊk AmE \ broʊk
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STRAW — / strɔː; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] stems of wheat or other grain plants that have been cut …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAMEL — / ˈkæml; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] an animal with a long neck and one or two humps …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — / brəʊk; NAmE broʊk/ adjective [ not before noun ] ( informal ) having no money : I'm always broke …
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BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAW — straw S3 /strɔː $ strɒː/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: streaw ] 1 . a) [uncountable] …
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CAMEL — Camel BrE AmE trademark a type of cigarette made in the US, with a picture of a ↑ camel on …
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BROKE — I. broke 1 /brəʊk $ broʊk/ BrE AmE the past tense of ↑ break II. broke 2 BrE AmE adjective …
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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
CAMEL — n. 1 either of two kinds of large cud-chewing mammals having slender cushion-footed legs and one hump (Arabian camel, Camelus …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). --predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. øgo for broke sl. risk everything in a strenuous effort. …
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
CAMEL — n. 1 either of two kinds of large cud-chewing mammals having slender cushion-footed legs and one hump (Arabian camel, Camelus …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. go for broke sl. risk everything in a strenuous effort. …
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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
CAMEL — n.1 either of two kinds of large cud-chewing mammals having slender cushion-footed legs and one hump (Arabian camel, Camelus dromedarius) …
Oxford English vocab
BROKE — past of BREAK(1). --predic.adj. colloq. having no money; financially ruined. Phrases and idioms: go for broke sl. risk everything in …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
CAMEL — ( camels) A camel is a large animal that lives in deserts and is used for carrying goods and people. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — 1. Broke is the past tense of break . 2. If you are broke , you have no money. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKE — 1. Broke is the past tense of break . 2. If you are ~, you have no money. (INFORMAL) What …
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
CAMEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a camel coat (= a thick pale brown coat made from wool, sometimes mixed with …
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STRAW — (DRIED STEMS) [noun] [U] - the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat or rice which are used as …
Cambridge English vocab
CAMEL — n. Either of two species of large, hump-backed ruminant s of the family Camelidae. Camels are used as draft and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BROKE — Synonyms and related words : bankrupt, beat, beggared, broken, busted, dead, destitute, down-and-out, failed, flat, flat broke, hard up, impoverished, …
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, …
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