Science tells us that if he brushes regularly, Lewis probably got the short end of the hygiene stick as far as bites go: Despite the myth, dogs mouths are not cleaner than human mouths.

科学告诉我们，如果他经常刷牙，刘易斯很可能会用卫生棍（指牙齿）的尖端直到去咬：不管是否是神话，狗的嘴巴不会比人干净。

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Yet, it is the opponents of aid, not its advocates, who get the short end of the stick.

然而，正是那些援助的反对者而不是支持者，最后甩掉了拐杖。

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Hawking extrapolates from anthropology to point out that the inferior culture — us in this case — would get the short end of the stick in any such close encounter of the rude kind.

霍金通过人类学的预测指出在与粗鲁的外星人近距离接触中，我们作为低等文明，将处于完全不利的境地。

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The laws of physics necessitate that somebody or some thing is going to get the short end of the stick.

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Investors who were sold the high yield, good credit story for emerging markets are getting the short end of the stick.

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In getting control of the old American Can Co. and selling it to French interests in the late 1980s, the partners gave their public shareholders the short end of the stick (May 18).

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