draw/get the short straw

JOB/TASKto be given something difficult or unpleasant to do, especially when other people have been given something better 得个苦差事；比别人吃亏

Giles drew the short straw, and has to give us a talk this morning.

贾尔斯运气不好，今天上午得给我们作报告。

Examples from the Corpus

draw/get the short straw• Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.

→ draw/get the short straw at short1(11)

单词	draw/get the short straw
释义	draw/get the short straw draw/get the short straw JOB/TASKto be given something difficult or unpleasant to do, especially when other people have been given something better 得个苦差事；比别人吃亏 Giles drew the short straw, and has to give us a talk this morning. 贾尔斯运气不好，今天上午得给我们作报告。 Examples from the Corpus draw/get the short straw• Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger. → draw/get the short straw at short1(11)
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