de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen oor Engels

de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen

Vertalings in die woordeboek Nederlands - Engels

the straw that broke the camel's back

[ the straw that broke the camel’s back ]

naamwoord

The small additional burden which causes failure

Soortgelyke frases

de druppel die de emmer doet overlopen
the straw that breaks the camel's back · the straw that broke the camel's back

voorbeelde

Maar de telefoontjes naar Zweden waren de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
But it was the calls to Sweden that had pushed her over the edge.

Dit was voor de man ’de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen’.
For that man, this was ‘the last straw.’

De weigering van Sandford om met hem zaken te doen, was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
The refusal of Sandford to negotiate with him was the crowning calamity.

‘Bill Åkerman was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen, de wake-upcall die ze nodig had.
‘Bill Åkerman was the final straw, the alarm bell she needed.

Toen uw neven me uitdaagden, was dat gewoon de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.’
When your nephews started to taunt me, it was just the last straw.’

Op de een of andere manier was zijn onverwachte excuus de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
For some reason, his unexpected apology was the last straw.

Het voorval van 27 februari 1997 was de druppel die de emmer [deed] overlopen".
The episode on 27 February 1997 had been the last straw.

Dat was voor Nebukadnezar de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
That was the final straw for Nebuchadnezzar.

Het geluid zelf was al irritant genoeg; haar weerbarstige zwijgen was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
The noise itself was annoying enough; her recalcitrant silence capped it off.

Toen hij achttien was vond mijn vader iets, en dat was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
When he was eighteen my father found something that was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Toen hij achttien was vond mijn vader iets, en dat was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
When he was eighteen my father found something that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Het waren altijd de kleine dingen, de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
It was always the little things, the straw that broke the camel’s back, the flea that wore the elephant down.

Hoewel. Die sletterige Russische meid, die mijn tandenborstel gebruikte, was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
Although that Russian girl using my toothbrush was the tramp that broke this camel's back.

Dat was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

ik heb een hele lijst, maar de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen was de Bambi-jacht.
“I have an entire list, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was the Bambi hunt.

Voor m'n vriend was dat de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
My boyfriend... He regarded that as the final straw.

Die nacht dat ze jullie samen zag, was waarschijnlijk de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
That night, seeing the two of you together, must’ve been the final straw for her.

Nu vraagt Jake zich af waarom dat het breekpunt was, de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
Now, Jake wonders why that was the breaking point: the last straw.

Misschien waren die twee de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
It may have been two too many.

Het was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen, voor mij in elk geval.
There was a last straw, for me, anyway.

‘De zelfmoord van je zus was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen?’
‘Your sister’s suicide was the final straw?’

De druppel die de emmer deed overlopen viel op een middag in mei van dat jaar.
The straw that broke the camel’s back came one afternoon in May that year.

Ja, en dat was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
Yeah, and that's one hell of a trigger.

Ik had lange tijd op mijn zenuwen geleefd en dit was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen.
I’d been living on my nerves for a long time and this was the last straw.

Was deze gast de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen?
Was this guy one more than you could take?