draw the short straw

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdraw the short strawdraw the short strawUNLUCKYused to say that someone has been unlucky because they were chosen to do something that no one else wanted to do He drew the short straw and had to drive everyone to the party. → drawExamples from the Corpusdraw the short straw• I'm only here because I drew the short straw.• Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.

单词	draw the short straw
释义	draw the short straw From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdraw the short strawdraw the short strawUNLUCKYused to say that someone has been unlucky because they were chosen to do something that no one else wanted to do He drew the short straw and had to drive everyone to the party. → drawExamples from the Corpusdraw the short straw• I'm only here because I drew the short straw.• Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.
随便看	let out/give a cry let out/give a yell let pass let represent let rest let ride let rip let sleeping dogs lie let slide let slip let slip let slip let slip through your fingers let somebody alone let somebody do something let somebody go let somebody have it let somebody have something let somebody have your view let somebody in on something let somebody loose on something let somebody off lightly/easily let somebody off the hook let somebody something let somebody stew