| It could happen this time around, with four, five or six also-rans in each major league clutching at the last straw in the closing weeks. |
| After asking for yet more Government money and then considering paying dividends to shareholders, this is the last straw. |
| But if he was going to go all moody and yonderly on a removal, it was the last straw. |
| The last straw was when a flock of sparrows appeared making the noise of bursting crackers. |
| It was just about the last straw when three ducks came to live in my garden fish pond. |
| After three nights with no sleep and the fear of losing everything, your senseless, stupid act was the last straw. |
