short straw
draw the short straw to be the person (as in drawing lots) to whom an unwelcome task or fate falls
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How to use short straw in a sentence
It was those who can only be dubbed “the draw the short straw caucus.”
Only the GOP’s ‘Short Straw’ Caucus Can Raise the Debt Ceiling | Ben Jacobs | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWithin these parameters, it leaves only a handful of GOP senators available to draw the short straw.
Only the GOP’s ‘Short Straw’ Caucus Can Raise the Debt Ceiling | Ben Jacobs | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA good bed for the horse with laminitis is peat-moss mixed with short straw.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksA bedding of short straw will keep the fattening pens clean and provide roughage.
A Living from the Land | William B. DuryeeIt was used for feeding stock and for handling clover and short straw of all kinds.
The other way is that of the lot or chance: the short straw would decide.'
Theodicy | G. W. LeibnizI construct a new apparatus, but provide it with a short straw in place of the magnet.
The Mason-bees | J. Henri Fabre
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