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DictionarySeeshortthe short end of the stick
the short end of the stickAn unequal outcome of a deal that results in a disadvantage or burden. You have to stay calm during business negotiations or else you may end up getting the short end of the stick. I feel like I got the short end of the stick on this project, with the amount of extra time and effort I'll have to put into it.See also: end, of, short, stick*short end of the stickFig. the smaller or less desirable part, rank, task, or amount. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; end up with ~.) Why do I always get the short end of the stick? I want my fair share! She's unhappy because she has the short end of the stick again.See also: end, of, short, stickshort end of the stick, theThe inferior part, the worse side of an unequal deal. For example, Helen got the short end of the stick when she was assigned another week of night duty. The precise analogy in this term, first recorded in the 1930s, has been lost. Some believe it comes from worse end of the staff, used since the early 1500s, which in the mid-1800s became, in some instances, short or shitty end of the stick, allegedly from a stick poked up one's rectum by another in command of the situation. Others believe it alludes to fighting with sticks, where having a shorter stick is a disadvantage. Also see wrong end of the stick. See also: end, of, shortthe short end of the stick the disadvantage in a situation; a bad deal. 1994 Hispanic Latinas are getting the ‘short end of the stick’ when it comes to equality in the business world and seeking financing for their businesses. See also: end, of, short, stickthe short end of the stick n. the burden, responsibility, etc., for doing something. I am the one who plans all this stuff, and when you jerks drop the ball, I’m left holding the short end of the stick. See also: end, of, short, stick the short end of the stick The worst side of an unequal deal.See also: end, of, short, stick |