2008-06-23 08:38 get the short end of the stick
標籤 ： get the short end of the stick (American & Australian)
to suffer the bad effects of a situation.
The people who get the short end of the stick are those whose income is just too high to qualify for help from the government.
get the short end (of the stick)
to feel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people.
When the mayor cut our budget almost in half, I felt like we were getting the short end of the stick. I always feel like I'm getting the short end, that I'm being cheated out of something.
