It's the straw that broke the camel's back for some of them. If you're somebody who was already down to the last thread of survival, just trying to keep the bills paid, this will leave you flat out.

It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back

The straw that broke the camels back was the 99-yard run.

Eugene wouldn't let the game end without getting one. He wanted to be the last straw that broke their back and he did it.

We experienced what I consider to be an extremely unlikely event. It was truly the straw that broke the camel's back.

Johnny Lewis, I mean, he broke out. We had him in our grasp and he just kept getting away from us. I told them he was going to carry it 30-plus times. We knew it, and we still didn't stop him like we needed to.