英语词汇“the dirty end”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. the dirty end (of the stick), the difficult or unpleasant part (in a situation). (See also stick n.¹ Phrases 6a(a).)

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > the difficult side or part of anything

the dirty end (of the stick)1924

1924 ‘Sapper’ Third Round vi. 167 I've been had for a mug. Somehow or other they've handed us the dirty end.

1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel v. 71 I guess I always get the dirty end of the stick, all right.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas v. 62 I mean what's downtrodden and oppressed and gets the dirty end of the stick all the time. That's me.

1957 Listener 31 Oct. 681/2 The Indians [in Malaya]..may be given the dirty end of the stick.

单词	the dirty end
释义	> as lemmas the dirty end (of the stick) e. the dirty end (of the stick), the difficult or unpleasant part (in a situation). (See also stick n.¹ Phrases 6a(a).) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > the difficult side or part of anything the dirty end (of the stick)1924 1924 ‘Sapper’ Third Round vi. 167 I've been had for a mug. Somehow or other they've handed us the dirty end. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel v. 71 I guess I always get the dirty end of the stick, all right. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas v. 62 I mean what's downtrodden and oppressed and gets the dirty end of the stick all the time. That's me. 1957 Listener 31 Oct. 681/2 The Indians [in Malaya]..may be given the dirty end of the stick. extracted from dirtyadj.adv. < as lemmas
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