貧乏くじを引く

びんぼうくじをひく

to get the short end of the stick, to get the bad end of a bargain

貧乏

びんぼう

poverty, destitute, poor

貧乏人

びんぼうにん

poor person, pauper, the poor, the indigent

貧乏神

びんぼうがみ

god of poverty

貧乏性

びんぼうしょう

destined to poverty, parsimonious spirit, tendency to be frugal, poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax)

貧乏舌

びんぼうじた

being unable to discern good food from bad; poor person's taste (in food); unsophisticated palate

貧乏パーマ

びんぼうパーマ

curly hairstyle created by braiding (rather than perming)

貧乏くさい

びんぼうくさい

shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

貧乏臭い

びんぼうくさい

shabby, mean, sorry, dingy

大漁貧乏

たいりょうびんぼう

impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch, decline in fishermen' s income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch

器用貧乏

きようびんぼう

Jack of all trades and master of none

豊作貧乏

ほうさくびんぼう

impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest, decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

貧乏旅行

びんぼうりょこう

budget travel, penniless travel, travelling on the cheap

学者貧乏

がくしゃびんぼう

good scholars are seldom rich

貧乏削り

びんぼうけずり

pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends

貧乏所帯

びんぼうじょたい

poor household

貧乏暮らし

びんぼうぐらし

needy circumstances, living in poverty

貧乏揺すり

びんぼうゆすり

shaking or tapping (usu. one's foot) unconsciously, fidgeting (esp. of the legs)

貧乏揺るぎ

びんぼうゆるぎ

nervous mannerism