Last straw
Last straw noun - The final irritation that stretches your patience beyond the limit.
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Sheer and last straw are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective phrase "Last straw".
Sheer
Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.
Last straw and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Last straw" instead an adjective "Sheer".
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- It had already given him enough trouble between technical issues, the sheer difficulty curve, and an insult directed at fat people made by the Dealer; losing his suspend-save of a run that was right before the final boss - and a fairly decent run at that - because of a patch was the last straw.
Source: Lets Play / DeceasedCrab -
Medusa was already a little too pretty for Athena's liking, but the last straw was when she had the sheer gall of getting raped inside one of Athena's temples, and by a God at that (Poseidon, if you're curious).
Source: Cool and Unusual Punishment - First Enchanter Orsino's a milder example than Meredith: even if you side with him during The Last Straw, he still snaps out of sheer despair and transforms himself into an abomination that you must then kill.
Source: Ungrateful Bastard
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