get the short end of the stick
US and Australian Englishto 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing and suffering
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be a martyr to sth idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- be devoured by sth idiom
- get/have your fingers burned idiom
- go through sth
- grip
- hands-on
- hold
- hold on
- ride
- run into sth
- sample
- seat
- sense
- underwent
- ups and downs
- writhe
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