the limit

Idioms  

1. The most extreme; someone or something that irritates, delights, or surprises to the ultimate degree. For example, Hiring and firing someone the same day—that's the limit in employee relations! or That excuse of yours for missing the wedding, that's the limit, or He's done wonders before but this last one is the limit. This idiom uses limit as “the last possible point or boundary.” [Colloquial; c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

Its smoked chicken Caesar club contains 6.88g of salt - more than the limit of 6g of salt that adults are recommended to stick to in a day.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

If you believe getting stronger requires pushing yourself to the limit at the gym, new research suggests otherwise.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Will she need even more money once you have pushed your own finances to the limit?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Some top AI companies appear to be hitting the limit of what they can offer users as demand for computing firepower, which is provided by data centers, exceeds supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Way after a while they arrived at Mrs. Turner’s eating house and found the place full to the limit.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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