הקש ששבר את גב הגמל

Hebrew

Etymology

From הַקַּשׁ‎ (hakásh, “the straw”) + שֶׁ־‎ (she-, “that”) + שָּׁבַר‎ (shavár, “broke”) + אֶת‎ (ét, “[direct object marker]”) + גַּב־‎ (gáv-, “back of”) + הַגָּמָל‎ (hagamál, “the camel”), hence literally “the straw that broke the camel’s back”; a calque from English.

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Noun

הַקַּשׁ שֶׁשָּׁבַר אֶת גַּב הַגָּמָל • (hakásh sheshavár ét gáv hagamál)

  1. the straw that broke the camel's back: the small additional burden which causes failure
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