get the short end

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get the short end (of the stick)

to feel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people When the mayor cut our budget almost in half, I felt like we were getting the short end of the stick. I always feel like I'm getting the short end, that I'm being cheated out of something.

See also: end, get, short

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