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An expression for the trigger of something that was inevitable [duplicate]

Is there an expression to indicate the strategy of wearing someone down with numerous small irritations?Expression for desire to feel superior to othersExpression that means “as soon as something is finished”A formal synonym/expression for “saying that”Expression for “dividing something with others”?Word or phrase for postponing the inevitableEnglish expression for chasing something insignificant / aiming for something small?Phrase / expression/ word for a smell that stimulates an emotionPhrase/expression for something that is insignificant compared to something elseAn expression for “ linking something that has happened to a particular reason or circumtance”?Need a word or expression that represents a category that is the superset of mind, consciousness, experiences, choices, intentions, spirit, etc

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I'm looking for a way to describe the thing that finally triggers something after rising tensions. For example, some isolated incident triggers massive protests, but the protests are really due to decades of rising tensions.

The isolated incident itself is somewhat arbitrary and could have been one of many things, but the rising tensions were already ready to explode.

Preferably the expression wouldn't trivialize the triggering incident.

Any ideas?

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I'm looking for a way to describe the thing that finally triggers something after rising tensions. For example, some isolated incident triggers massive protests, but the protests are really due to decades of rising tensions.

The isolated incident itself is somewhat arbitrary and could have been one of many things, but the rising tensions were already ready to explode.

Preferably the expression wouldn't trivialize the triggering incident.

Any ideas?

phrases expressions phrase-requests expression-choice expression-requests

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marked as duplicate by Laurel, tchrist♦ Mar 24 at 16:15

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  "The straw that broke the camel's back" is probably the most common idiom for this.
  
  – Hot Licks
  Mar 20 at 2:10
  

  
  
  
  


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  Ahh, I think that's what I had in mind. I'm gonna leave this open just so I can collect a few more! Thanks for your answer.
  
  – Shruggie
  Mar 20 at 2:58
  

  
  
  
  

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  Is there an expression to indicate the strategy of wearing someone down with numerous small irritations?
  
  17 answers
  
  

I'm looking for a way to describe the thing that finally triggers something after rising tensions. For example, some isolated incident triggers massive protests, but the protests are really due to decades of rising tensions.

The isolated incident itself is somewhat arbitrary and could have been one of many things, but the rising tensions were already ready to explode.

Preferably the expression wouldn't trivialize the triggering incident.

Any ideas?

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The straw that broke the camel's back

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The last straw

Grammarist:

The straw that broke the camel’s back refers to something seemingly
minor or trivial, that when added to a situation full of accumulating
difficulties, causes an extreme reaction or failure. The idea is one
of piling an extreme burden on a camel, until the weight of one, final
piece of straw becomes the tipping point that causes the camel to
collapse. References to the proverb of the straw that broke the
camel’s back may be found at the turn of the nineteenth century. Prior
to this time, the idea was found in a proverb that referred to a
feather that broke the horse’s back.

The last straw is an idiom that may be considered a sort of shorthand
for the proverb the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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tipping point TFD

A critical or pivotal point in a situation or process at which some
small or singular influence acts as a catalyst for a broader, more
dramatic, or irreversible change.

As in:

After decades of simmering tensions, a tipping point was reached and demonstrations erupted.

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This can also be known as a catalyst

Defined by Cambridge as:

a condition, event, or person that is the cause of an important change

As in:

Ultimately this report was the catalyst that caused the entire Bond Corporation to collapse. ¹

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^{1_{Better, stronger, faster: Build it, scale it, flog it: the ... - Page 163}}

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The straw that broke the camel's back

and

The last straw

Grammarist:

The straw that broke the camel’s back refers to something seemingly
minor or trivial, that when added to a situation full of accumulating
difficulties, causes an extreme reaction or failure. The idea is one
of piling an extreme burden on a camel, until the weight of one, final
piece of straw becomes the tipping point that causes the camel to
collapse. References to the proverb of the straw that broke the
camel’s back may be found at the turn of the nineteenth century. Prior
to this time, the idea was found in a proverb that referred to a
feather that broke the horse’s back.

The last straw is an idiom that may be considered a sort of shorthand
for the proverb the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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answered Mar 20 at 12:04

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The straw that broke the camel's back

and

The last straw

Grammarist:

The straw that broke the camel’s back refers to something seemingly
minor or trivial, that when added to a situation full of accumulating
difficulties, causes an extreme reaction or failure. The idea is one
of piling an extreme burden on a camel, until the weight of one, final
piece of straw becomes the tipping point that causes the camel to
collapse. References to the proverb of the straw that broke the
camel’s back may be found at the turn of the nineteenth century. Prior
to this time, the idea was found in a proverb that referred to a
feather that broke the horse’s back.

The last straw is an idiom that may be considered a sort of shorthand
for the proverb the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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answered Mar 20 at 12:04

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The straw that broke the camel's back

and

The last straw

Grammarist:

The straw that broke the camel’s back refers to something seemingly
minor or trivial, that when added to a situation full of accumulating
difficulties, causes an extreme reaction or failure. The idea is one
of piling an extreme burden on a camel, until the weight of one, final
piece of straw becomes the tipping point that causes the camel to
collapse. References to the proverb of the straw that broke the
camel’s back may be found at the turn of the nineteenth century. Prior
to this time, the idea was found in a proverb that referred to a
feather that broke the horse’s back.

The last straw is an idiom that may be considered a sort of shorthand
for the proverb the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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answered Mar 20 at 12:04

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answered Mar 20 at 12:04

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answered Mar 20 at 12:04

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tipping point TFD

A critical or pivotal point in a situation or process at which some
small or singular influence acts as a catalyst for a broader, more
dramatic, or irreversible change.

As in:

After decades of simmering tensions, a tipping point was reached and demonstrations erupted.

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tipping point TFD

A critical or pivotal point in a situation or process at which some
small or singular influence acts as a catalyst for a broader, more
dramatic, or irreversible change.

As in:

After decades of simmering tensions, a tipping point was reached and demonstrations erupted.

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tipping point TFD

A critical or pivotal point in a situation or process at which some
small or singular influence acts as a catalyst for a broader, more
dramatic, or irreversible change.

As in:

After decades of simmering tensions, a tipping point was reached and demonstrations erupted.

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answered Mar 20 at 4:00

lbflbf

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lbflbf

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This can also be known as a catalyst

Defined by Cambridge as:

a condition, event, or person that is the cause of an important change

As in:

Ultimately this report was the catalyst that caused the entire Bond Corporation to collapse. ¹

---

^{1_{Better, stronger, faster: Build it, scale it, flog it: the ... - Page 163}}

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This can also be known as a catalyst

Defined by Cambridge as:

a condition, event, or person that is the cause of an important change

As in:

Ultimately this report was the catalyst that caused the entire Bond Corporation to collapse. ¹

---

^{1_{Better, stronger, faster: Build it, scale it, flog it: the ... - Page 163}}

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This can also be known as a catalyst

Defined by Cambridge as:

a condition, event, or person that is the cause of an important change

As in:

Ultimately this report was the catalyst that caused the entire Bond Corporation to collapse. ¹

---

^{1_{Better, stronger, faster: Build it, scale it, flog it: the ... - Page 163}}

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answered Mar 20 at 5:38

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