get the dirty end of the stick
- get the dirty end of the stick
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обмануться; попасть в трудное положение
‘Poor old Sam Hassoon,’ he thought then. ‘He must be getting the sticky end of the stick now.’ (J. Aldridge, ‘The Last Exile’, ch. LXXXII) — - Бедный Сэм Хассун, - подумал он, - ему эта передряга, наверно, выходит боком.
‘Poor old mum,’ she reflected, ‘She's got the rough end of the stick...’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Haxby's Circus’, ch. XVIII) — - Бедная моя старая матушка, - подумала Джина, - ей приходится нелегко.
That was the trouble: women... nearly always got the dirty end of the stick. Only once in a while they got a right guy, like Flieger, for instance. (J. O'Hara, ‘Appointment in Samarra’, ch. VI) — Беда заключалась вот в чем: женщины... почти всегда обманываются в своих ожиданиях. Лишь изредка им встречается вполне достойный человек, такой, например, как Флигер.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
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