标题: 每日学口语(9月15日)I got the short end of the stick. [打印本页] 作者: 寄托天下 时间: 2007-9-15 19:34 标题: 每日学口语(9月15日)I got the short end of the stick.
I got the short end of the stick.
我吃亏了。
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固定表达“get the short end of the stick”，也可以简单地说成“get the short end”。字面意思是“得到了棍子短的那头”。这个习语的应用，英文的解释是“to feel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people; to suffer the bad effects of a situation.”（觉得与他人相比，你受到了特别不好的待遇；遭受一种情形的坏的影响）。
中文里，“亏”与“盈”相对，表示的是没有占到便宜、没有捞到好处。英文中，“短的一头”与“长的一头”相对，据说，这种表达方式来源于拔河比赛，输的一方手里握着绳子短的一头。而习语后半部分的stick是随着时间的演变加上去的。
例句：
When the mayor cut our budget almost in half, I felt like we were getting the short end of the stick.
市长削减了我们将近一半的预算，我觉得我们吃亏了。
My two partners and I each put up one-third of the money to start our business. But I was the only one to lend the company more money. So when it went bankrupt, I was left with the short end of the stick.
我跟其他两个合伙人每人拿出三分之一的资金来开办我们的公司。但是，只有我一个人为公司提供了更多的贷款。所以，当这个公司破产的时候，我就吃了亏了。
作者: 寄托天下 时间: 2007-9-15 19:42
I GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.GET THE SHORT END MEANS TO FEEL THAT U ARE BEING TREATED PARTICULARLY BADLY IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER PEOPLE.THE SOURCE COME FROM THE TUG OF WAR.TAKE THE CASE,WHEN THE MAYOR CUT OUR BUDGET AMOST IN ALF, I FELT LIKE WE WERE GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK,AND ANOTHER SENTENCE,MY TWO PARTNERS AND I EACH PUT UP ONE-THIRD OF THE MONEY TO START OUR BUSINESS.BUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO LEND THE COMPANY MORE MONEY.SO WHEN IT WENT BANKRUPT,I WAS LEFT WITH THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.2 LONG .LOL作者: xwluo26 时间: 2007-9-15 20:14
I got the short end of the stick作者: Topstar315 时间: 2007-9-16 09:42
I got the short end of the stick.作者: tcphong 时间: 2007-9-21 20:47
