Sentences with phrase «result was the last straw»

For some sections of the Arsenal fan base the United result was the last straw and many called for Wenger's head.

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If the Arsenal manager was a bit less like a poker player on his last hand, all in, and with his house and car riding on the result, or if he had actually done a bit more of what the football media had been expecting, then they would not have to start grasping at straws quite so desperately.

Cesare Prandelli has revealed that Valencia's failure to complete the signing of Simone Zaza was the last straw which resulted in his resignation.

One legacy of his years at church is a pervading sense that the world may end soon, and when he insists that his new girlfriend drive him away from Sydney in her father's car because he anticipates nuclear war as a result of the Cuban Missle Crisis, it is the last straw in their relationship.

As a result of this trip down memories, I had a dream last night with the blue velveteen rabbit, Pinocchio, the straw man, the tin man, and the cowardly line doing a kick line dance on a stage, singing about what they all need to be real.