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{
"form": "draws the short straw",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "drawing the short straw",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "drew the short straw",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "drawn the short straw",
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]
}
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},
"expansion": "draw the short straw (third-person singular simple present draws the short straw, present participle drawing the short straw, simple past drew the short straw, past participle drawn the short straw)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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],
"glosses": [
"To select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws."
],
"id": "en-draw_the_short_straw-en-verb-~IkmG-O9",
"links": [
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"_dis1": "56 44",
"word": "short end of the stick"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 44",
"word": "shit end of the stick"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "tennañ plouz berr"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "aan het kortste eind trekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "het kortste lootje trekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "vetää lyhyt tikku"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "tirer la courte paille"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "den Kürzeren ziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "das kürzere Stöckchen ziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "das kürzere Streichholz ziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "dra det kortaste strået"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I drew the short straw and got stuck doing the whole project alone.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise)."
],
"id": "en-draw_the_short_straw-en-verb-EXKI-Wcd",
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"undesirable",
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],
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"task",
"task"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise)."
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "aan het kortste eind trekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "het kortste lootje trekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "vetää lyhyt tikku"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "jäädä Musta Pekka käteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "tirer la courte paille"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "den Kürzeren ziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "bailar con la más fea"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 90",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "dra det kortaste strået"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "draw the short straw"
}
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"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "drew the short straw",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "drawn the short straw",
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"past"
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "short end of the stick"
},
{
"word": "shit end of the stick"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws."
],
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"draw straws"
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"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I drew the short straw and got stuck doing the whole project alone.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise)."
],
"links": [
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"undesirable"
],
[
"task",
"task"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise)."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
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}
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "tennañ plouz berr"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "aan het kortste eind trekken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "het kortste lootje trekken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "vetää lyhyt tikku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "tirer la courte paille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "den Kürzeren ziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "das kürzere Stöckchen ziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "das kürzere Streichholz ziehen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to select the shortest straw",
"word": "dra det kortaste strået"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "aan het kortste eind trekken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "het kortste lootje trekken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "vetää lyhyt tikku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "jäädä Musta Pekka käteen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "tirer la courte paille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "den Kürzeren ziehen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "bailar con la más fea"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be selected to do an undesirable task",
"word": "dra det kortaste strået"
}
],
"word": "draw the short straw"
}
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