Idiom
last thing one needs
Meaning
Something not wanted by someone, who is already burdened.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A flat tire is the last thing I need right now.”
“With a deadline approaching and my computer crashing, a power outage was the last thing I needed.”
“Already struggling with a mounting debt and a failing business, a sudden tax audit was the last thing he needed to face.”
Examples
simple
“A flat tire is the last thing I need right now.”
contextual
“With a deadline approaching and my computer crashing, a power outage was the last thing I needed.”
complex
“Already struggling with a mounting debt and a failing business, a sudden tax audit was the last thing he needed to face.”
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