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What is a short end of the stick?

What is a short end of the stick? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced by or available to others.
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Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: In other words, if we don't handle it right, the farmer could be holding the short end of the stick.
Somehow, in our society, know-it-alls always get the short end of the stick.
The Republicans certainly did come out with the short end of the stick, although not dramatically.
We would have really had a melee that day and I am sure I would have been on the short end of the stick with a man like Luc Lavoie.
The Canadian citizens who have to pay the bills and pay for the product are getting the short end of the stick.
So if you ignore it, you end up, you know, getting the short end of the stick.

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