Talk:ultime gocce

RFD discussion: July 2020–August 2021
A plural that doesn't exist (uncountable), equivalent to the English last straws (derived from last straw). Or, more precisely, the plural does exist but not in an idiomatic sense, at which point it becomes SOP. Imetsia (talk) 15:37, 6 July 2020 (UTC)


 * last straws certainly exists in English (e.g. "With each shitty new development I'd tell him that was the last straw.” She laughed joylessly, arcing around some kids making a sand castle. “There were a lot of last straws.” Pisces Rising, Martha C. Lawrence, 2010). I don't know Italian, but it certainly seems possible in Italian as well.--Prosfilaes (talk) 06:27, 12 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep - Dentonius (my politics | talk) 09:14, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 00:04, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Per Prosfilaes, this looks more like an RFV issue. — Mnemosientje (t · c) 19:51, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to RFV. Imetsia (talk) 17:32, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

RFV discussion: August 2021–May 2023
Italian. A plural that doesn't exist (uncountable), equivalent to the English last straws (derived from last straw). Or, more precisely, the plural does exist but not in an idiomatic sense, at which point it becomes SOP. Imetsia (talk) 17:12, 4 August 2021 (UTC)


 * 2012, Renzo Mazzaro, I padroni del Veneto, chapter 3:
 * Se l'allusione è all'ultima goccia che fa traboccare il vaso, le ultime gocce erano due: [...]
 * 70.175.192.217 18:21, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * A search for una delle ultime gocce yields a few more results (specifically the ones from Toccami le mani, Rivista di diritto processuale, Amintore Fanfani; the others seem to be using "last drops" in other senses). The usage in "Sono come tu mi vuoi" also seems relevant. Then there are forum posts and such using the phrase, like this one: "Vorrei dire che questa e' stata l'ultima goccia, ma in realta' non e' cosi'; le ultime gocce sono state piu' di una" 70.175.192.217 19:38, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * That said, even given all of these usages, I'm not sure that it is really an idiomatic phrase, any more than the plural last straws would be in English (for which you can also find citations, but which is not given an entry on Wiktionary). 70.175.192.217 19:44, 16 August 2021 (UTC)


 * RFV failed. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 18:28, 9 May 2023 (UTC)