get the short end of the stick

Meaning

1. to be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or task

In the movies · 1

• OR $8.1 BILLION, IS NOW AVAILABLE AS NEWLY CREATED MONEY FOR MORE LOANS.Zeitgeist: Addendum2008
• DEFAULTS AND BANKRUPTCY ARE LITERALLY BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM, AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE POOR POCKETS OF SOCIETY THAT GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.Zeitgeist: Addendum2008

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• a brick short of a load, two sandwiches short of a picnic
• give short shrift
• have on a short fuse
• in short order
• in the short run
• in short supply
• little short of
• make short work of
• short and sweet
• life's too short
• to cut a long story short
• full measure