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draw/get the short straw
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HAVING BAD THINGS HAPPEN BY CHANCE
"Who's cleaning up after the dog?" "Boo, looks like I drew the short straw."
Synonyms and examples
unlucky She is one of the unluckiest people I've ever met. unfortunate The unfortunate souls who were lost during the voyage were commemorated once the ship reached port. hapless He's always been a hapless, helpless bumbler. star-crossed literary Behold the tale of two star-crossed lovers, doomed to spend their lives apart. luckless literary The luckless council member was caught in the middle of three major ethics investigations of her colleagues. ill-fated literary The film was about an ill-fated adventurer trying to make a solo trek across Antarctica. jinxed All of her marriages have ended in the death of her spouse. She's jinxed, I tell you. cursed Every time I try to renew my driving licence, the office is closed unexpectedly. I'm cursed! in the wrong place at the wrong time The accident wasn't his fault at all - he was following all the traffic rules. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. get the short end of the stick US and Australian English I didn't want to work on a holiday weekend, but I always get the short end of the stick. Antonyms and examples lucky How lucky do you have to be to win three raffles in a row? in the right place at the right time I didn't do anything special to get the job. Just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms of draw/get the short straw. See words related to draw/get the short strawill-starred literary foredoomed literary tough
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If you are unlucky, bad things happen to you by chance. If something, such as an event or a result, is unlucky, it results in bad things happening by chance.
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