貧乏くじを引く

びんぼうくじをひく

Also written 貧乏籤を引く

Meanings

1. Expression, Godan verb to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

Kanji

• 貧 poor. Read as ビン.
• 乏 scarce. Read as ボウ.
• 引 pull. Read as ひく.

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