LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK and BUTTERFLIES IN STOMACH:

From Sampath’s Desk:

 

LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK and BUTTERFLIES IN STOMACH:

 

LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK:

 

Meaning:

 

One last mistake, problem, or misfortune that, added to previous troubles prove more than a person can bear – it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events that make you feel that you cannot tolerate the situation any longer – suggests that it is the last one of a series of burdens which, after all the others, finally makes it impossible for someone or something to tolerate any more – this is the last thing you are willing or capable of accepting after which you will not put up with any more – having faced many negative factors and/or failures, you are just about to lose your patience.

 

Example sentences:

 

The recent recession together with the resultant financial crisis is the LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’s BACK. That poor country is now unable to cope with.

 

The pandemic dealt a blow to many of the world’s poorest people. Revenues and incomes have dropped. Prices have increased. Still worse, the war that followed proved to be the LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’s BACK and worsened the situation further.

 

The first problem is the lack of parking space, the second is people don’t want to pay to park, and the third thing is that fines are really the LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’s back. So, overall the plan failed.

You broke the rules and protocols; moreover, you were a habitual late comer; still, we tried to ignore, forget and forgive you. But stealing money from us is the LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’s BACK. We are sacking you with immediate effect.

 

With governmental resources already strained to the breaking point, the environmental disaster was the LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’s BACK. So, we have to ask for international help.

 

I was already fed up with his laziness and insensitivity, and his refusal to take up the new assignment is the LAST STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK. So, now we have no other option except to dispense with his services.

 

 

BUTTERFLIES IN STOMACH:

 

Meaning:

 

To feel very nervous and restless - to experience anxiety, generally before you are going to do something new, adventurous, and/or onerous task – a situation where people are anxious or worried about what will happen next – one is said to have butterflies in his/her stomach when feeling panicky, uneasy, or edgy - a feeling of being frightened about something in the offing, or is currently troubling, or sure to annoy next

 

Example sentences:

 

She had BUTTERFLIES IN HER STOMACH as she walked out into the stage for her first-ever dance performance before a big audience.

 

I have my first solo violin performance scheduled for tomorrow evening. I already have BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.

 

He had BUTTERFLIES IN HIS STOMACH while waiting for the results of the examination.

 

She has an interview for placement in an MNC which she was fond of joining. However much she mustered her courage, fortitude and determination to face the interview, she felt like BUTTERFLIES IN HER STOMACH.

 

I faked a smile despite my heart pounding against the walls of my rib cage trying my best to hide the BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH when I was selected to captain our team to play against that mighty and favourite team in the semi-finals.

 

When I was first called upon to speak in an international forum, I got BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH. Nowadays I have no such fears having given many such speeches.

 

Some children will feel like BUTTERFLIES IN THEIR STOMACH when they receive the question paper at the examination hall.

 

Proverb:

 

புலி அடிக்கும் முன்னே கிலி அடிக்கும்.

Struck with fear before struck by the tiger.

 

(R.SAMPATH)

28/1/2021