迷你對話
A: Mom, I got short end of the stick.
媽媽,這是在是我遇到最最糟的情況了。
B: I think you must study harder next semester, don’t give up.
我下學(xué)期一定要更加努力學(xué)習(xí),不會泄氣的。
地道表達
get the short end of the stick
1. 解詞釋義
Get the short end of the stick的字面意思是“得到了棍子短的那一頭”,比喻為“覺得和他人相比,你受到了特別不好的待遇,受到了不好情況的影響”。其英文解釋為:to suffer the bad effects of a situation,tofeel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people。這個習(xí)語來源于拔河,輸?shù)哪欠轿兆〉睦K子是短的那頭。
2. 拓展例句
e.g. How come she gets the promotion and I get nothing? I always get the short end of thestick.
怎么她升了職而我卻什么也沒有得到呢?我總是受人誤解。
e.g. Again they get the short end of the stick because the terms of trade are against them.
他們又吃了一次虧,因為貿(mào)易條款對他們不利。
Ps:give up的意思是“放棄,認(rèn)輸”。例如:
After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up. 他在書桌前徒勞地坐了一上午之后便放棄了。