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Old 07-03-2008, 11:44 PM
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Default E il colmo! - It's the last straw!

colmo, a ag colmo (di) → full (of) sm → summit, top;
(fig) → height;
al colmo della disperazione → in the depths of despair;
è il colmo! → it's the last straw!;
e per colmo di sfortuna ... → and to cap it all ...

Here again if you're a Spanish speaker you'll have
to trouble with this expression. El colmo in Spanish.

There are the "colmo" jokes.
"colmo" means something like the limit, the utmost, the silliest thing....
They all begin "Qual è il colmo per un ....(insert a profession)?
And the answer is usually a pun.

For example:
Qual è il colmo per un pompiere?
Avere la gola infuocata.

What's the last straw for a fireman?
To have an inflamed throat.


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Qual è il colmo per un elettricista? - Andare contro corrente!
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