俚语学习31:the last straw压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草

压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草英语为the last straw,用于比喻无法承受的一系列压力(不好的事情)中的最后一点压力(最后一件事情)。拜登最近退选了,新闻时不时冒出“压倒拜登参选的最后一根稻草”之类的表述。这里的“稻草”表示无法承受的一系列压力(不好的事情)中的最后一点压力(最后一件事情)。
the last/final straw
the straw that/which breaks the camel's back
the last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer(一系列不好的事件中的最后一个,最终导致您无法继续忍受困境)
压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草;终于使人不堪忍受的最后一件事(或因素等)

the last straw源自寓言:一个富人用骆驼运草,他为了最大限度地利用骆驼,就尽可能多地往骆驼身上加草。有一次,当他把最后一根草放到骆驼背上,骆驼被压垮倒下了。骆驼的背也断了,最后那人连一根草也搬不了啦。
偶尔也用:
it is the last feather that breaks the horse's back。
It's the last straw that breaks the camel's back
这是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草。
有时也指最后一击,最后的救命稻草,忍受的极限。

经典例句:
The global downturn was the last straw for many exporters already struggling with rising costs especially higher wages and the appreciating yuan .
全球经济衰退给了许多出口商致命一击,他们原本就要承受不断上升的成本特别是高昂的工资和不断升值的人民币。
Tight capital has been the last straw for SMEs in trouble
对身处困境的中小企业来说,资金吃紧成为压死骆驼的最后一根稻草。
The last straw seems to have been a newspaper article Mr. Luzhkov published in early September criticizing Mr. Medvedev 's decision to suspend construction of a new road between Moscow and St Petersburg .
导致卢日科夫失败的最后一击似乎是他在九月早些时候发表在报纸上的文章,该文章批评梅德韦杰夫中止修建莫斯科至圣彼得堡之间一条新路。
She told everybody my secret . That 's the last straw .
她把我的秘密告诉所有人。那是压垮我的最后一根稻草。

My boss yelled at me for no reason again today. That’s the last straw. I quit.
我的老板今天又无缘无故地对我大吼大叫,这就是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草,我辞职了。
She has been unhappy with him for a long time but when he crashed her car, it was the last straw.
她在很长一段时间以来就对他一直不满,直到他把她的车撞坏时,她再也无法忍受了。
When we lost the house and I had to drop out of school. It was the last straw, and mom left him.
当我们失去了房子,而我又必须失学,那是压垮我的母亲的最后一根稻草,于是她离开了他。
The last straw in their relationship was when he physically abused her. She walked out after that.
他对她的身体虐待是毁灭关系的最后一击,之后她就走了。

I am not going to wait for the last straw like you always do. l will do something about the problem much sooner than that.
我不会像你一样等救命稻草出现,我会尽快解决问题。
For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw.
对他来说,教会允许妇女担任圣职的决定是最后一根救命稻草。
She has been unhappy with him for a long time but when he crashed her car, it was the last straw.
她对他不满已经很久了,但是他撞坏了她的车是最后一根稻草。

Losing my job was bad enough, but being evicted was the final straw.
丢掉工作已经够糟了,被驱逐成为压垮我的最后一根稻草。
情景对话:
A: I heard that your daughter didn't pass the exam. Is that true?
我听说你女儿没有通过考试。真的吗?
B: Don't mention it again. Everyone asked me the same question. It was the(last/final) straw that broke the camel's back.
别再提了。每个人都问我同样的问题。真是没法再忍受了。
