| After asking for yet more Government money and then considering paying dividends to shareholders, this is the last straw. |
| A 10 per cent increase in council tax will, for many householders and especially pensioners, be the last straw. |
| The last straw was when a flock of sparrows appeared making the noise of bursting crackers. |
| However, the promises made within the framework of external action are the last straw in terms of the lack of realism. |
| The abolition of nobility was the last straw for many, and the military mutinies of that year produced an exodus of disgusted officers. |
| But if he was going to go all moody and yonderly on a removal, it was the last straw. |
