How to use ‘comble’ 🏔️ in French. Speak better French now! 🇫🇷 Le comble, c’est le sommet… ou la goutte de trop ! It’s the summit/top/height or the last straw (in French you say the drop 💧too much!) Elle était au comble de la joie après sa promotion. She was at the height of joy (overjoyed) after her promotion. Il arrive en retard et il se plaint, c’est le comble ! He’s late and he complains, that’s the limit! Cette nouvelle a mis le comble à sa malchance. That news capped his run of bad luck