迷你对话学地道口语第548期:与他人相比处于劣势

Subject: I got the short end of the stick.

迷你对话

A: Mom, I got short end of the stick.

妈妈，这是在是我遇到最最糟的情况了。

B: I think you must study harder next semester, don’t give up.

我下学期一定要更加努力学习，不会泄气的。

地道表达

get the short end of the stick

1. 解词释义

Get the short end of the stick的字面意思是“得到了棍子短的那一头”，比喻为“觉得和他人相比，你受到了特别不好的待遇，受到了不好情况的影响”。其英文解释为：to suffer the bad effects of a situation，to feel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people。这个习语来源于拔河，输的那方握住的绳子是短的那头。

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.

怎么她升了职而我却什么也没有得到呢？我总是受人误解。

e.g. Again they get the short end of the stick because the terms of trade are against them.
他们又吃了一次亏，因为贸易条款对他们不利。

Ps：give up的意思是“放弃，认输”。例如：

After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。