迷你对话学地道口语第548期:与他人相比处于劣势(在线收听

  Subject: I got the short end of the stick.
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。
地道表达
get the short end of the stick
1. 解词释义
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. 拓展例句
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。
Ps:give up的意思是“放弃,认输”。例如:
After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。

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