get the short end of the stick
Definition: To suffer the bad effects of a situation.
吃虧;倒黴;受到不公平的對待
How come she got the promotion and I got nothing? I always get the short end of the stick.
為什麼她可以升職而我卻什麼也沒有?我總是吃虧的那個。
You have to stay calm during business negotiations or else you may end up getting the short end of the stick.
在洽談業務的時候你必須要保持冷靜,不然你就會很吃虧。
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.
高薪一族有點吃虧,他們因收入過高而不符合申請政府補助的資格。
I've received the short end of the stick too many times during the last ten years. Only the inexperienced and least qualified get promoted because the boss likes pretty young women.
在過去十年我一直都很吃虧,因為老闆喜歡年輕漂亮的妹妹,那些經驗不足的,資歷不夠的卻可以升職。
更多實體例句
Our youth tends to get the short end of the stick in terms of the investment that's put into them. Well, I think it should be the opposite, because they are our future.
以資源投放的角度來說,我們的青少年通常都很吃虧;我個人覺得情況應該是反過來的,因為他們就是我們的未來。
-Kobe Bryant
-籃球巨星 科比·布萊恩特
In America, black people have had a long history of getting the short end of the stick.
在美國,黑人長久以來都受到不公平的對待。
-Trevor Noah
-美國脫口秀節目主持人 特雷弗·諾亞
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