The Straw The Broke the Camel's Back: 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草

Dialogue:

Vicky: 你知道吗？迈克马上要辞职了。

( Nǐ zhīdào ma? Màikè'ěr mǎshàng yào cízhíle. )

Hey did you know that Mike's about to quit?

Lindi: 我没听说呀，到底是怎么回事啊？我知道他不太喜欢他的工作，因为公司离他住的地方太远，而且他也常常抱怨说工作时间太长了。

(Wǒ méi tīng shuō ya, dàodǐ shì zěnme huí shì a? Wǒ zhīdào tā bù tài xǐhuān tā de gōngzuò, yīnwèi gōngsī lí tā zhù dì dìfāng tài yuǎn, érqiě tā yě chángcháng bàoyuàn shuō gōngzuò shíjiān tài chǎngle.)

I haven't heard. What could be the reason? I know he doesn't like his job all that much because it's far from where he lives, and he's often complaining that the work hours are too long)

Vicky: 是啊，特别是最近他做的一个项目又被他的老板派给了别人，这就成了压死骆驼的最后一根稻草，他就决定辞职了啊.

( Shì a, tèbié shì zuìjìn tā zuò de yīgè xiàngmù yòu bèi tā de lǎobǎn pài gěile biérén, zhè jiù chéngle yā sǐ luòtuó de zuìhòu yī gēn dàocǎo, tā jiù juédìng cízhíle a)

Right, and just recently yet another project that he was working on, the boss assigned to someone else. That was the last straw. He decided to resign.

Lindi: 太可惜了，希望他能尽快找到自己喜欢的工作

(Tài kěxíle, xīwàng tā néng jǐnkuài zhǎodào zìjǐ xǐhuān de gōngzuò.)

Oh that's too bad. Hope he finds another job that he likes soon.

Vicky: 嗯，是的.

( Ń, shì de)

Mm, yeah...