迷你對話學地道口語第548期:與他人相比處於劣勢
Subject: I got the short end of the stick.
迷你對話
A: Mom, I got short end of the stick.
媽媽，這是在是我遇到最最糟的情況了。
B: I think you must study harder next semester, don’t give up.
我下學期一定要更加努力學習，不會泄氣的。
地道表達
get the short end of the stick
1. 解詞釋義
Get the short end of the stick的字面意思是“得到了棍子短的那一頭”，比喻爲“覺得和他人相比，你受到了特別不好的待遇，受到了不好情況的影響”。其英文解釋爲：to suffer the bad effects of a situation，to feel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people。這個習語來源於拔河，輸的那方握住的繩子是短的那頭。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. How come she gets the promotion and I get nothing? I always get the short end of the stick.
怎麼她升了職而我卻什麼也沒有得到呢？我總是受人誤解。
e.g. Again they get the short end of the stick because the terms of trade are against them.
他們又吃了一次虧，因爲貿易條款對他們不利。
Ps：give up的意思是“放棄，認輸”。例如：
After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 他在書桌前徒勞地坐了一上午之後便放棄了。
