I did not mean to be nasty, but this accident is the proverbial last straw.

This was the proverbial last straw for Emily.

He had little belief in the truth of the statement, but it was the proverbial straw and the only one.

"The proverbial straw on the camel's back," said Spock with a nod.

For a moment, Hamadi wondered if that was to be the proverbial straw that would break the camel's back.

Well, I think that was the proverbial straw.

This final break-down becomes the proverbial straw that broke the tours' back.

The end, the proverbial straw that you've been looking for.

It was everything that had been happening-the mirror was just the proverbial straw on the camel's back.

The proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, you know?