Kathy Cao
2021-04-08 10:04
Draw the short straw British Verb + object/complement
This is an idiom expresses bad luck or that you are picked to do something undesirable.
to have to do the least enjoyable of a range of duties, often because you have been chosen to do it or obtain the least favorable, desirable, or fortunate outcome in a given selection.
Lucy was picked to be tested that if she was using 100% of her brain. Guess she didn't like that and drew the short straw.
I had drawn the short straw again because I was the only one who stayed at the store to clean up after our shift last night.
Our team drew the short straw and had to come in over the weekend to work on the revised proposal.
Time keeps passing.
When you experience extreme and undesirable situations, it is probably essential to take extreme actions
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Nowadays, drawing lots is known as deciding who will do something by having each person in a group, and then drawing a piece of paper from a container, each with something different written on it, such as person’s name. Drawing lots originally meant to draw from cast or throw straws or pebbles. Another, newer version of drawing lots was to draw straws from the hand. When drawing straws, a bundle of straws is held in the hand with the ends of the straws sticking out of the hand, and the other ends are concealed. One of the straws is shorter than the others, but since the protruding ends are held so that no one can tell which straw it is. Each person chooses a straw to pull out of the hand. The person who chooses the short straw is chosen to perform the task.
Drawing lots dates from the 1400’s but drawing straws is much later, dating from the 1800’s. And older version of both is to draw cuts. People used to draw straws in England to be selected for something. This means they used blades of grass, straw or hay. All but one would be the same length, the odd one would be short. The straws would be gathered in someone's hand with all straws sticking out the top, to hide which was the shorter one. People take turns choosing a straw and the one who chose the short one was the one selected for whatever they were trying to do.
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