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the straw that broke the camel's back
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A small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.
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    Nearby phrases:  the sky is the limit,  the sky is the moon,  the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak,  the terrorists will have won,  the thing of it,  the upper hand


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