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"etymology_text": "Ellipsis of the straw that broke the camel's back.",
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"A small addition to a burden which causes it to exceed the capacity."
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"word": "the stroke that broke the camel's back"
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"code": "be",
"english": "the last drop",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "apóšnjaja króplja",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "апо́шняя кро́пля"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small additional burden",
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"word": "la gota que fa vessar el got"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "small additional burden",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "viimeinen pisara"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "viimeinen niitti"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳanasḳneli c̣veti",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "უკანასკნელი წვეთი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "η σταγόνα που ξεχείλισε το ποτήρι f (i stagóna pou xecheílise to potíri, literally “the drop that made the glass overflow”)",
"sense": "small additional burden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "utolsó csepp a pohárban"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "buille na tubaiste"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "l'ultima goccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "miarka się przebrała"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ostatnia kropla"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "small additional burden",
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"feminine"
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"word": "última gota"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small additional burden",
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"word": "gota d'água"
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "the last drop",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslédnjaja káplja",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "после́дняя ка́пля"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "la gota que colma el vaso"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
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"masculine"
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"word": "acabose"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "puntilla"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "faang-sên-sùt-táai",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "ฟางเส้นสุดท้าย"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "the last drop",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ostánnja kráplja",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оста́ння кра́пля"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "ei diwedd hi"
}
]
}
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"word": "the straw that broke the camel's back"
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"code": "be",
"english": "the last drop",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "apóšnjaja króplja",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "апо́шняя кро́пля"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "la gota que fa vessar el got"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poslední kapka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "viimeinen pisara"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "viimeinen niitti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳanasḳneli c̣veti",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "უკანასკნელი წვეთი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "η σταγόνα που ξεχείλισε το ποτήρι f (i stagóna pou xecheílise to potíri, literally “the drop that made the glass overflow”)",
"sense": "small additional burden"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "utolsó csepp a pohárban"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buille na tubaiste"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "l'ultima goccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "la goccia che fa traboccare il vaso"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "miarka się przebrała"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ostatnia kropla"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "última gota"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "gota d'água"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "the last drop",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poslédnjaja káplja",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "после́дняя ка́пля"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "la gota que colma el vaso"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "acabose"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puntilla"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "faang-sên-sùt-táai",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "ฟางเส้นสุดท้าย"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "the last drop",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ostánnja kráplja",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оста́ння кра́пля"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "small additional burden",
"word": "ei diwedd hi"
}
],
"word": "last straw"
}
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