英语词汇“short straw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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short straw

short straw n. (chiefly with the) something which or someone who is the least welcome or desirable of a number of options; cf. to draw (also get, etc.) the short straw.Recorded earliest as a modifier.

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1980 Guardian 14 Apr. 16/1 A contest misrepresented as the short-straw FA Cup semi-final proved to be a thriller.

1985 B. Hambly Ishmael xiv. 193 I put her in the position of a laughingstock [sic] by making her the last girl to be chosen—the short straw—but I know Jason's going to marry her.

1996 Campaign (Nexis) 26 July Radio is regarded as the short straw in creative departments... You can't put radio ads..on the wall.

2011 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 108/3 The Trinidadian upbringing he considered to be an artistic short straw is turned by him into a long straw.

extracted from shortadj.n.adv.

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单词	short straw
释义	> as lemmas short straw short straw n. (chiefly with the) something which or someone who is the least welcome or desirable of a number of options; cf. to draw (also get, etc.) the short straw.Recorded earliest as a modifier. ΚΠ 1980 Guardian 14 Apr. 16/1 A contest misrepresented as the short-straw FA Cup semi-final proved to be a thriller. 1985 B. Hambly Ishmael xiv. 193 I put her in the position of a laughingstock [sic] by making her the last girl to be chosen—the short straw—but I know Jason's going to marry her. 1996 Campaign (Nexis) 26 July Radio is regarded as the short straw in creative departments... You can't put radio ads..on the wall. 2011 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 108/3 The Trinidadian upbringing he considered to be an artistic short straw is turned by him into a long straw. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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