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the short end of the stick
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释义
不公平的结果
an unequal outcome of a deal that results in a disadvantage or burden
例句
Timbo: Uh, it just seems to me like nature'd be a whole lot smarter if she tried kickin' man's ass instead of ours.
Old man: Nature ain't need to be smart. Nature is nature!
Felton: Nature's bigger than us, Timbo. Ain't for us to figure out her ways.
Timbo: Well, guess that leaves us all on the short end of the stick then, don't it? (True Blood)
汀波:在我看来, 要是大自然聪明点,就应该找人类的麻烦, 而不是拿我们开刀。
老人:大自然不需要变得聪明,大自然就是大自然!
费尔顿:大自然比我们强大, 汀波,不需要我们对她的决定指手划脚。
汀波:好吧, 看来我们是只好接受这不公平的结果了?(真爱如血)