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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: once too often |
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Mckay�s wife, Laurene told us that while McKay is usually a peaceful person, he had been driven to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.
Is the underlined phrase a fixed one?
I find in Longman Dictionary a phrase---only too often
Do they have the same meaning?
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject: Re: once too often |
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| jasonlulu_2000 wrote: |
Mckay�s wife, Laurene told us that while McKay is usually a peaceful person, he had been driven to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.
Is the underlined phrase a fixed one?
I find in Longman Dictionary a phrase---only too often
Do they have the same meaning?
Thanks |
I'd say it's a fixed phrase. It means he got wet before, but the last time was "the last straw" (once too often). (There is a story about putting straw on a camel or a donkey's back. They can carry a lot of straw. But as you put one more and one more and one more, eventually the "last straw" is the one that breaks the animal's back.) |
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