English translation of "ce mancava pure questa" - "that's all I need"

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159 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	ce mancava pure questa
Context:	Poi mi si avvicinò e mi disse sotto voce: "Se mi prometti di star buono, ti faccio...
Keywords:	...entrare." E aggiunse sotto voce: "Ce mancava pure questa." A count repsonding to a boy who has asked him to get him in to see the dying pope.

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159 months ago

wrote:

that's all I need

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159 months ago

MAGLO wrote:

That's it

My comment:

That's all you need to do

159 months ago

MAGLO wrote:

This is the last straw / This really takes the cake

My comment:

I think the Italian phrase means something like "the cherry on the cake" but in a negative way.

First there was a problem, then came up another situation, and so on and on, and on top of all that, this one.

159 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

we'd'all like to be there if we could

159 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

when it rains it pours

My comment:

It's a bit in the line of Murphy's law. When things go wrong they can always be worse. Like "what else could go wrong?"

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159 months ago

wrote:

Exactly; you hit the nail on the head;-)