Talking about straws and camels' backs is just one way of approaching things. If you have enough camels, no backs need be broken.
A single camel can carry around 300 kilograms. Using camels for hauling during migration is becoming a rarity in Mongolia, where mechanized transport is gradually replacing traditional means.
I was warned the camels can be nasty, especially the young ones. I was warned to give it a wide berth.
If Camels are the ship of the dessert, this one is the Titanic
Christians and camels receive their burdens kneeling.
Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.
Camels are wonderful animals. Witty, intelligent and sensitive.
I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.
Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools.
it is a curious fact that camels walk more quickly and straighter to the sound of singing.
Texas liberals are the camels of good news. We can cross entire deserts between oases.
But camels, though odious to view and endowed with the offensive spirit, did not enjoy the blessing of pachydermaty.
Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye.
Camels are still trained in Alice Springs for tourist jaunts and for occasional sale to Australia's zoos.
When I want to draw a camel I no longer limit myself, as I once did, to looking only at camels.