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draw the short straw

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To draw the short straw is to be the one landed with the worst job. Draw the short straw again.

The picture is a real method of choosing at random, which is what makes it feel fair. To draw the short straw is said whether or not anything was actually drawn.

Definitions of draw the short straw

  1. 1phrasedraw the short strawTo be the one landed with the worst job.C1

    “Somebody had to draw the short straw and do the night shift.”

draw the short straw is a phrase.

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