draw/get the short strawJOB/TASKto be given something difficult or unpleasant to do, especially when other people have been given something better 得个苦差事；比别人吃亏 Giles drew the short straw, and has to give us a talk this morning. 贾尔斯运气不好，今天上午得给我们作报告。
draw/get the short straw• Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.
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