Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Last

For the last comer the bones.French.

The last come is the best liked.French.

The last comers are often the masters.

The last drop makes the cup run over.

The last of the Romans.

The last shuts the door.Italian, German.

The last stole the sack.German.

The last taste of things gives them the name sweet or sour.

Though last, not least in love.(Brutus to Casca) Shakespeare.

’Tis the last feather breaks the camel’s back.

’Tis the last straw that breaks the horse’s back.