get the shaft

get the shaft

To be exploited, cheated, or taken advantage of; to be treated unfairly. Whenever a crappy job comes around, I'm always the one who gets the shaft. Once again it's folks living in rural communities who end up getting the shaft.See also: get, shaft

get the shaft

Sl. to be cheated; to be taken advantage of; to be mistreated. (See also someone the shaft">give someone the shaft.) Why do I get the shaft when I did nothing wrong?See also: get, shaft