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Definition 2024

(idiomatic) A small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.
- 1848. Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son:
  As the last straw breaks the laden camel's back.

The small additional burden which causes failure

Arabic: اَلْقَشَّة اَلَّتِي قَصَمَت ظَهْر اَلْبِعِير ‎(al-qašša allatī qaṣamat ẓahr al-biʿīr) (literal translation)
Catalan: la gota que fa vessar el vas
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壓倒駱駝的最後一根草, 压倒骆驼的最后一根草 ‎(yādǎo luòtuó de zuìhòu yī gēn cǎo)
Dutch: de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen n
Finnish: korsi, joka katkaisee kamelin selän
French: la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase (fr) (the drop of water that makes the vase overflow)
German: der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt
Hebrew: הקש ששבר את גב הגמל (he) ‎(hakásh sheshavár ét gáv hagamál)
Italian: la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso (the drop of water that makes the glass overflow)

Polish: kropla, która przepełnia czarę (pl)
Portuguese: a gota que transbordou o copo (the drop that spills over the glass)
Romanian: picătura care a umplut paharul (the drop that filled the glass)
Russian: ка́пля, перепо́лнившая ча́шу (ru) f ‎(káplja, perepólnivšaja čášu) (the drop that made the bowl overflow)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ка̑п ко̀ја̄ је прѐлила ча̏шу f

Roman: kȃp kòjā je prèlila čȁšu f
Spanish: la gota que colmó el vaso, ser la gota que colma el vaso
Swedish: droppen som fick bägaren att rinna över (sv) c
Turkish: bardağı taşıran son damla (the last drop that makes the glass overflow)