Idiom
draw the short straw
Meaning
To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I drew the short straw and have to clean the kitchen.”
“Everyone else left early, so I drew the short straw and had to finish the report alone.”
“Although he had hoped for a quiet evening, he drew the short straw and was tasked with managing the chaotic late-night shift.”
Examples
simple
“I drew the short straw and have to clean the kitchen.”
contextual
“Everyone else left early, so I drew the short straw and had to finish the report alone.”
complex
“Although he had hoped for a quiet evening, he drew the short straw and was tasked with managing the chaotic late-night shift.”
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