- shitty end of the stick
- n. the bad side of a bargain; the troublesome part of a transaction. (Usually objectionable.)□ If you don’t want to get stuck with the shitty end of the stick, you’d better make your lans carefully.□ Well, it looks like I got stuck with the shitty end of the stick again.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.