draw the short straw

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1. Someone has to draw the short straw. BNC

2. One angry worker explained: "They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders, so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us." BNC

3. Sorry, Jim, you drew the short straw. You`re on toilet-cleaning duty. CIDoI

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