the limit

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]

Example Sentences

Any bike that travels faster than the limit and has more than a 250-watt output is classed as a motor vehicle and is subject to rules of the Road Traffic Act.

From BBC

“They’re self-imposing the limit, and most of the people involved in that decision-making are financially incentivized to house more and more people,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Where is the limit with this administration?”

From Los Angeles Times

Amorim did not hold back in his assessment of his side's performance, saying: "I think this is a little bit the limit. I think something has to change. I think the team and the players spoke really loud today."

From BBC

Leclerc said in Hungary that he now finds the car more predictable, so that on a qualifying lap he is able to "play with the limit a bit more".

From BBC

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