>>>> "JV" == Jan Vroonhof
<vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes: 
    JV> I am fairly sure it means "It is the drop[let] that makes the bucket
    JV> overflow". (I am not sure about "bucket" (it could be
"vase"), but
    JV> that is what it says in the equivalent Dutch saying). Funnily enough
        <snip>
    JV> P.S. Given the fact the saying exists in Italian and in Dutch, I
    JV> would assume something close to it would exists in English too but I
    JV> don't have a good dictionary handy.
In English we might say "It is the straw that broke the camel's back" or,
as
commonly used, "that was the last straw".
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