Short straw

Translation of "short straw" into Russian

short straw

короткая палочка (в неудачном выборе)

I drew the short straw and had to work on the weekend.

Мне досталась короткая палочка, и пришлось работать в выходные.

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A situation in which someone is chosen to do an unpleasant or undesirable task, often as a result of random selection or bad luck. The phrase comes from the practice of drawing straws, where the person who picks the shortest straw is assigned the unwanted duty.

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