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alt. (context idiomatic English) A situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced by or available to others. n. (context idiomatic English) A situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced by or available to others.
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Short end of the stick may refer to:
- Tally stick
- Short End of the Stick (TV series), a 2016 Hong Kong TVB drama
Short End of the Stick (; literally "Eunuchs Leave the Palace") is a 2016 Hong Kong period comedy television drama produced by TVB. The drama is TVB's 2016 Lunar New Year drama, starring Wayne Lai, Nancy Wu, Edwin Siu, Power Chan, Raymond Cho, Rosina Lam, Grace Wong, Natalie Tong and David Chiang as the main cast. It premiered on February 9, 2016, airing every Monday to Friday on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot, concluding March 27, 2016 with a total of 35 episodes.
Short End of the Stick is an indirect sequel to TVB's 2012 drama The Confidant. Short End of the Stick also stars most of the same cast from The Confidant. Both dramas centers around the lives, struggles and betrayals of eunuchs, but unlike The Confidant which was a melodrama, Short End of the Stick is a light hearted comedy. The Confidant main protagonist Li Lianying, played by Wayne Lai is mentioned as part of the plot in Short End of the Stick.
The drama is a comedic depiction of the lives of eunuchs after the fall of the Qing dynasty and their eviction from the Forbidden City by the last Emperor of China, Puyi.
Usage examples of "short end of the stick".
Yeager had forgotten what things were like in the South, how many colored people there were and how they mostly got the short end of the stick.
As far as I can see, all these schemes to make people squeeze into somebody's Grand Plan for Elevating Humanity usually end up with the elevatees on the short end of the stick.
It seemed almost like a joke that Tim just got stuck with the short end of the stick, the deal.