draw the short straw

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: tennañ plouz berr — to select the shortest straw
• Dutch: aan het kortste eind trekken — to select the shortest straw
• Dutch: het kortste lootje trekken — to select the shortest straw
• Finnish: vetää lyhyt tikku — to select the shortest straw
• French: tirer la courte paille — to select the shortest straw
• German: den Kürzeren ziehen — to select the shortest straw
• German: das kürzere Stöckchen ziehen — to select the shortest straw
• German: das kürzere Streichholz ziehen — to select the shortest straw
• Swedish: dra det kortaste strået — to select the shortest straw
• Dutch: aan het kortste eind trekken — to be selected to do an undesirable task
• Dutch: het kortste lootje trekken — to be selected to do an undesirable task
• Finnish: vetää lyhyt tikku — to be selected to do an undesirable task
• Finnish: jäädä Musta Pekka käteen — to be selected to do an undesirable task
• French: tirer la courte paille — to be selected to do an undesirable task
• German: den Kürzeren ziehen — to be selected to do an undesirable task
• Spanish: bailar con la más fea — to be selected to do an undesirable task
• Swedish: dra det kortaste strået — to be selected to do an undesirable task