终于使人无法忍受的最后一击, 导火线

\"All these years I\'ve tried to be a good wife, even though you\'re lazy, you drink too much and half of the time don\'t even have a steady job. But when I find out you are spending money on another woman, that\'s the last straw! I want you out of my house right now and I never want to see you again.\"

这位太太说：“这些年来,尽管你很懒，喝酒过度，还经常没有固定的工作，但我一 直尽力做一个贤惠的妻子。可是，当我发现你把钱化在另一个女人身上的时候，这就使我无法忍受了。你给我马上出去，我永远也不要再见到你了。”

有的人听了这句话可能会对这位太太说：“你早该如此啦！可是，在美国，妇女承担养家活口重担的事并不少见。

让人无法忍受的事情有大有小。下面是一个学生在说为什么他把和他同屋住的同学赶了出去。

\"I put up with a lot from this guy. He borrowed my clothes, he borrowed my money, he borrowed my tennis racket. But when I caught him using my toothbrush that was the last straw, so I kicked him out!\"

他说：“我对这个家伙够宽容的了。他借我的衣服穿，问我借钱，借用我的网球拍。可是，当我发现他用我的牙刷的时候，这就叫我无法忍受了。所以我把他赶了出去。”

last straw the wagging of a straw have the last word with the last breath hear the last of the last enemy to the last degree the last ditch the last extremity at the last moment in the last place the month before last the night before last the last word the Last Day to the last extremity the year before last