Catch Word #206 – Heavy hitter
Posted by Andrew Bates
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Catch Word #145 – The straw that broke the camel’s back
This episode is about not continuing with a bad situation. Sometimes when we’ve been in a bad situation, we continued. Even when numerous negative events occurred, we continued. But then something happened that was the straw that broke the camel’s back and we do not continue anymore. The expressions in this episode are to be used in a specific situation when you have just had enough!
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Expressions included in the Study Guide
- The straw that broke the camel’s back
- To go from bad to worse
- To stand someone up
- To go through with something
- To be grounded
- The last straw
- Variations of the straw that broke the camel’s back
- To cancel on someone
- The nail in the coffin
- To go with someone/something
- To be in the shop
- To be in the market for something
- A junker
Copyright: Audio/Study Guide: Culips
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