英语口语练习小对话 第548期:与他人相比处于劣势

迷你对话

A: Mom, I got short end of the stick.

妈妈，这是在是我遇到最最糟的情况了。

B: I think you must study harder next semester, don’t give up.

我下学期一定要更加努力学习，不会泄气的。

1. 解释

Get the short end of the stick的字面意思是“得到了棍子短的那一头”，比喻为“觉得和他人相比，你受到了特别不好的待遇，受到了不好情况的影响”。其英文解释为：to suffer the bad effects of a situation，to feel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people。这个习语来源于拔河，输的那方握住的绳子是短的那头。

2. 例句

e.g. How come she gets the promotion and I get nothing? I always get the short end of the stick.

怎么她升了职而我却什么也没有得到呢？我总是受人误解。

e.g. Again they get the short end of the stick because the terms of trade are against them.
他们又吃了一次亏，因为贸易条款对他们不利。