- The short straw
- If you take the short straw, you lose a selection process, which means that you have to do something unpleasant.
Dictionary of English idioms . He Heba Abdelraheim Alkady . 2014.
The short straw
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the short straw — If you take the short straw, you lose a selection process, which means that you have to do something unpleasant … The small dictionary of idiomes
the short straw — If you take the short straw, you lose a selection process, which means that you have to do something unpleasant. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
draw the short straw — To be given an unpleasant task, duty, etc, or the most unpleasant of several • • • Main Entry: ↑short draw the short straw To be entrusted with an unpleasant task (as a result of, or as if by, drawing straws) • • • Main Entry: ↑straw * * *… … Useful english dictionary
get the short straw — draw/get/the short straw phrase to be the person in a group who has to do an unpleasant or difficult job I drew the short straw and had to stay late. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym Main entry: short … Useful english dictionary
draw the short straw — verb a) To select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws. I drew the short straw and got stuck doing the whole project alone. b) To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise) … Wiktionary
draw the short straw — ► draw the short straw be chosen to perform an unpleasant task. Main Entry: ↑straw … English terms dictionary
draw the short straw — informal to be the member of a group who has to do an unpleasant job. Sorry, Jim, you drew the short straw. You re on toilet cleaning duty … New idioms dictionary
draw the short straw — be chosen to perform an unpleasant task. → straw … English new terms dictionary
get the short end of the stick — get the short end of the ˈstick idiom (NAmE) (BrE ˌdraw the short ˈstraw) to be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or task Main entry: ↑shortidiom … Useful english dictionary
straw — ► NOUN 1) dried stalks of grain, used as fodder or for thatching, packing, or weaving. 2) a single dried stalk of grain. 3) a thin hollow tube of paper or plastic for sucking drink from a container. 4) a pale yellow colour. ● clutch at straws Cf … English terms dictionary
