win/collect/take etc the wooden spoon
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwin/collect/take etc the wooden spoonwin/collect/take etc the wooden spoonBritish English to come last in a competition → wooden spoonExamples from the Corpuswin/collect/take etc the wooden spoon• When he motioned for her to take the wooden spoon from him she did so, avoiding touching him at all costs.