once too often?

[scoobert]

Hello! What does the phrase "once too often" mean?

[Barb_D]

It's very literal.

Whatever it is he did, he did it one time too many and suffered a bad result.

Perhaps he made the teacher mad on many occasions, and this time, she sent him to the principal's office. He made her angry once too often.

Maybe you teased someone many times, but this time, you teased him and he knocked you to the ground. You teased him once too often.

[not a teacher]

[banderas]

Originally Posted by scoobert

Hello! What does the phrase "once too often" mean?

Once too many. Once over the limit.

[David L.]

the straw that broke the camel's back.

[rj1948]

Originally Posted by David L.

the straw that broke the camel's back.

Thanks David L.That's it.