draw the short straw

Language: en

Meaning: To select the shortest straw or other object whiledrawing straws.; (idiomatic)To be selected to do anundesirabletask(by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise).Idrew the short strawand got stuck doing the whole project alone.

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