Get the short straw

Learning English Conversations

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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A phrase that sucks!

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.com.
0:18.4	This is the English we speak. I'm Faye Faye and hello I'm Rob.
0:20.0	Rob. It's very kind of you to bring me to this cafe and to buy me milkshake.
0:25.0	I love milkshake.
0:27.0	How did I say I was paying?
0:29.0	Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about work.
0:31.0	M, strawberry. My favourite. Uh, yes. to you know
0:35.0	know what?
0:32.0	Strawberry my favorite?
0:34.0	uh yes me too but back to talking about work
0:38.0	uh you know we're moving the desks around.
0:40.0	Why do milkshakes taste so good?
0:44.0	Oh look, I've finished mine.
0:47.0	As I was trying to say, it looks like you've got the short straw.
0:51.0	Oh, that's why I've drunk my milkshake quicker than you. I had a short
0:57.6	straw. No Faye forget the milkshake. If you get or draw the short straw, it means you're the person in a group who gets the most
1:06.4	unpleasant outcome in a situation.
1:08.6	Right, and why have I got the short straw?
1:12.0	Well, I'm afraid they're moving your desk to just outside the toilet.
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