Full and Last straw

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Full adjective - Containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible.

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Last straw and full are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Last straw" instead an adjective "Full".

Nearby Words: fully, fullness, fuller, fulled

Last straw noun - The final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit.

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Full and last straw are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Full" instead an adjective phrase "Last straw".

That was the absolute last straw for the Dwarves, who prided themselves on their full and manly beards, and so began a war of utter extermination.

Source: Traumatic Haircut
In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Squidville" Squidward is tired of SpongeBob and Patrick bothering him and ruining his day, the last straw for him is when they accidentally destroy his house he sees an ad on TV for Squidville which is full of Squidpeople like him.

Source: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them
True Lies combines this with The Last Straw (and plays it for laughs) as a car full of terrorists totters on the edge of a bridge.

Source: Take a Moment to Catch Your Death

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