last straw
straw that breaks the camel's back
A small trouble which follows other troubles and makes one lose patience and be unable to bear them.
Bill had a bad day in school yesterday. He lost his knife on the way home, then he fell down, and when he broke a shoe lace, that was the last straw and he began to cry.
Mary didn't like it when the other girls said she was proud and lazy, but when they said she told fibs it was the straw that broke the camel's back and she told the teacher.
When John asked to borrow money from me for the fourth time, it was the last straw. I finally told him that I couldn’t lend him any more.
I can’t believe that my roommate left the door to our apartment unlocked again. It’s the last straw; I’m moving out.
last word
The last remark in an argument.
I never win an argument with her. She always has the last word.
The final say in deciding something.
The superintendent has the last word in ordering new desks.
The most modern thing.
Mrs. Green's stove is the last word in stoves.
last-ditch
Made or done as a last chance to keep from losing or tailing.
He threw away his cigarettes in a last-ditch effort to stop smoking.
on one's last legs
Failing; near the end.
Выбиться из сил, быть очень уставшим; приблизиться к концу.
The blacksmith's business is on its last legs.
The dog is old and sick. He is on his last legs.
I have just run 10 km and I am on my last legs!
Я только что пробежал 10 километров и я выбился из сил!
see the last of
To say good-bye to someone or something; get rid of something.
We were glad to see the last of the winter.
till the last gun is fired
until the last gun is fired
Until the end; until everything is finished or decided.
Fred always liked to stay at parties until the last gun was fired.
The candidate didn't give up hope of being elected until the last gun was fired.
up to the last minute
Until the last possible moment; until the very end.
When I try to send in an important eyewitness report from the scene of a major accident, I must keep working up to the last minute.