英语词汇“to draw the 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

to draw (also get, etc.) the short straw and variants: to be the unluckiest member of a group when an outcome is determined, esp. in being allotted an unwelcome task.With allusion to the practice of drawing lots using straws of unequal length; cf. to draw straws at straw n.¹ 5h, to draw cuts at cut n.¹ 1a.

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1853 Legislature State of Louisiana: Deb. in Senate 48/2 Of the senators, some are elected for two years, and others for four... The Senator need not remind that our term of office is so short. I remembered perfectly well, that I drew the short straw.

1905 Cambr. (Mass.) Sentinel 29 July 1/7 Many of the decisions of the gentleman who..persuaded himself that he possessed the qualifications necessary for umpiring a ball game, were of the rawest variety, and the Institute boys got the short straw every time.

1998 G. Robertson Justice Game (1999) 41 The ‘vacation judge’—the most recent appointment to the High Court Bench, given the short straw of working over the summer holiday.

2018 European Union News (Nexis) 14 Feb. One alcoholic drink..[can] affect your ability to drive safely so if you've drawn the short straw and ‘volunteered’ to drive it's worth erring on the side of caution and sticking to the soft drinks.

单词	to draw the short straw
释义	> as lemmas to draw (also get, etc.) the short straw to draw (also get, etc.) the short straw and variants: to be the unluckiest member of a group when an outcome is determined, esp. in being allotted an unwelcome task.With allusion to the practice of drawing lots using straws of unequal length; cf. to draw straws at straw n.¹ 5h, to draw cuts at cut n.¹ 1a. ΚΠ 1853 Legislature State of Louisiana: Deb. in Senate 48/2 Of the senators, some are elected for two years, and others for four... The Senator need not remind that our term of office is so short. I remembered perfectly well, that I drew the short straw. 1905 Cambr. (Mass.) Sentinel 29 July 1/7 Many of the decisions of the gentleman who..persuaded himself that he possessed the qualifications necessary for umpiring a ball game, were of the rawest variety, and the Institute boys got the short straw every time. 1998 G. Robertson Justice Game (1999) 41 The ‘vacation judge’—the most recent appointment to the High Court Bench, given the short straw of working over the summer holiday. 2018 European Union News (Nexis) 14 Feb. One alcoholic drink..[can] affect your ability to drive safely so if you've drawn the short straw and ‘volunteered’ to drive it's worth erring on the side of caution and sticking to the soft drinks. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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