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ser el colmo

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
ser el colmo loc verb	(estar en el máximo) (US)	take the cake v expr
	(UK)	take the biscuit v expr
		be too much v expr
	Las barbaridades que dice el expresidente ya son el colmo; ¡nadie debería prestarle atención!
	The nonsense the ex-president comes out with takes the cake; nobody should pay him any attention!
ser el colmo de algo loc verb + prep	(estar en el máximo de) (US)	take the cake v expr
	(UK)	take the biscuit v expr
		be the limit v expr
	Mi papá es el colmo del despiste: se le olvidó que ya había desayunado y se sirvió otra taza de cereales.
	My father takes the cake when it comes to be being scatterbrained: he forgot that he had already had breakfast and helped himself to another bowl of cereal.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
ser el colmo de los colmos loc verb	coloquial (ser inadmisible)	be the worst of the worst, be the worst possible v expr
	No lo puedo creer; venir borracho a la oficina es el colmo de los colmos.
	I can't believe it; turning up to the office drunk is the worst of the worst.

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