英語口語練習小對話 第548期:與他人相比處於劣勢
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。
1. 解釋
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. 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。
