THE LAST STRAW BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK

Meaning of THE LAST STRAW BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK in English

Последняя соломинка ломает спину верблюда. Ср. Последняя капля переполняет чашу

English sayings. Английские поговорки. 2012

THE LAST STRAW BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK — Последняя капля переполняет чашу; (Именно) последняя соломинка ломает спину верблюда
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAMEL — ˈkaməl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English camel (from Old English & Old North French) & chamel, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREAKS — plural of break present third singular of break
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
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
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
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
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
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
LAST — adj in conclusion; finally. 2. last ·noun the burden of a ship; a cargo. 3. last ·adj supreme; highest in …
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 …
Webster English vocab
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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
CAMEL — [cam.el] n [ME, fr. OE & ONF, fr. L camelus, fr. Gk kamelos, of Sem origin; akin to Heb gamal …
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
LAST — last, Last BrE AmE lɑːst § læst AmE læst ▷ lasted ˈlɑːst ɪd § ˈlæst-, -əd AmE ˈlæst əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAMEL — camel BrE AmE ˈkæm ə l ▷ camel|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
CAMEL — / ˈkæml; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] an animal with a long neck and one or two humps …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
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
LAST — I. last 1 S1 W1 /lɑːst $ læst/ BrE AmE determiner , adjective 1 . most recent or nearest to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAMEL — Camel BrE AmE trademark a type of cigarette made in the US, with a picture of a ↑ camel on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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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
LAST — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
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
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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
LAST — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
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
BACK
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
LAST — 1. adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most …
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
BACK
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
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
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
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
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
CAMEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a camel coat (= a thick pale brown coat made from wool, sometimes mixed with …
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
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
LAST — Synonyms and related words : Z, abide, advance, aforegoing, after, aftermost, apodosis, at last, at length, at long last, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREAKS — Synonyms and related words : accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, blessing, break, casualness, chance, destiny, fate, felicity, flukiness, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortunateness, …
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
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
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