SHORT END


Meaning of SHORT END in English

{n.} The worst or most unpleasant part. * /The new boy got the short end of it because all the comfortable beds in the dormitory had been taken before he arrived./ * /The girls who served refreshments at the party got the short end of it. When everybody had been served, there was no cake left for them./

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.