the limit

the limit
the limit
informal + old-fashioned : a very annoying or upsetting person or thing

He keeps forgetting his wife's birthday: he really is the limit! [=too much]

He forgot his wife's birthday again. Isn't that the limit!

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Main Entry:limit

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