Sentences with phrase «straw on the camel»

But it is best not to put so many straws on the camels back to begin with.

And every tiny bit of GHGs we can reduce — assuming everyone's combined little efforts together can keep us from laying that lethal straw on the camel's back (say, prevent us from getting us up to 6 degree C warming)-- will really count, and not just be a drop in the bucket.

Eventually, they will put one too many straws on the camel's back.

Not exact matches

OAS «will be one more handful of straw on the back of the camel that's going to be carrying a much, much heavier load, mainly because of health - care spending,» says William Robson, CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, a thinktank on the opposite end of the political spectrum from the CCPA.

On the other hand, if you need to work long hours at your current full - time job, you commute 60 miles round - trip, and you have two - year - old triplets, piling a part - time business on top of all those commitments could be the straw that breaks the camel's bacOn the other hand, if you need to work long hours at your current full - time job, you commute 60 miles round - trip, and you have two - year - old triplets, piling a part - time business on top of all those commitments could be the straw that breaks the camel's bacon top of all those commitments could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

While it's certainly unfortunate that it took mishandling user data on a large scale to do so, the incident has become the straw that broke the Facebook camel's back when it comes to privacy — and that appears to be catalyzing change.

So it moves in baby steps, wondering if the next straw will break some camel's back where lending has been going on terms that were too favorable.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

The straw that broke the camel's back for a lot of sportbooks was Indy blowing out Philly in the 8 pm — and the MNF game «landing on the number» which means teasers on both sides hit.

An interview with talksport later that day seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back as Davies revealed that continuing on would be difficult:

If you are buying on budget, this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back as most mums have found.

The last straw to break the camel's back was the recent gruesome lynching and murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama on the 29th of May 2017.

Staff are stretched enough as it is in their duties and to add more on top of them could be deemed to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

«It was the straw that broke the camel's back,» says Angel Hsu of Yale University, an expert on pollution in China.

They may make a decision to change their diet on day X in reaction to news or information Y, but I'm guessing that there were probably many experiences prior to day X which made the person open to information Y («the straw that broke the camel's back») when it came along.

Needless to say, I love everything that Constance Jablonsky is wearing on this picture — midlenght A-line skirt in cream, simple tank, straw hat and slide sandals in camel.

Bags: Floral straw bag, Vintage bird cage bag (found on etsy), Circle crossbody (similar), Market tote, Blush pink tote, camel backpack (not pictured)

So it moves in baby steps, wondering if the next straw will break some camel's back where lending has been going on terms that were too favorable.

You don't have to worry about that $ 100 in groceries because you are confident that if an emergency hits, that $ 100 won't be the straw that broke the camel's back because you have reserves to draw on.

I don't know but keep putting more straw on the back of that camel.

The straw that broke the camels back is that I left a phone message Monday, spoke with his assistant on Wednesday, and I still do not have any input on my issues.

As your sit confidently on your camel, reins in hands, through the rise and fall of straw - coloured dunes in the Taklimakan Desert, the wind dries your perspiration and carries the tinkle of camel bells.

A BMI flight from Moscow to London was returned to Domodedevo Airport on Friday after a passenger got drunk (on a 7 am flight, mind you) started pulling eyeglasses off the faces of some passengers and, in the straw that broke the camel's back apparently, began performing some sort of erotic dance on the plane.

I know I am seing a bit of a shift in the number of folks asking questions because they see what is going on with weather and the fact that there are so many global headlines may well be the straw that breaks the skeptic camels back.

Perhaps, over time, this will be the straw that breaks the camel's back for many users, or perhaps they'll realize that this is just how life on the internet is, and decide being connected to everyone they've ever known and loved is worth being exploited.

Our daughter just threw up on our area rug which was the straw that broke the camels back... it had to go.

perhaps we'll never know which was the straw that broke the camel's back, She said chewing on a straw, but that is entirely beside the point!