<Li> "It is the last feather that breaks the horse's back" (1677); </Li> <Li> "it is the last straw that overloads the camel", mentioned as an "Oriental proverb" (1799); </Li> <Li> "it was the last ounce that broke the back of the camel" (1832); </Li> <Li> "the last straw will break the camel's back" (1836); </Li>

The stroke that broke the camel's back