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'worst end of a bargain'À̶õ ÇüÅ´ ¸Å¿ì ¿À·¡µÈ °ÍÀ¸·Î Áß¼¼ ±â¿ø±îÁö µû¶ó°¡´Ù º¸¸é ¿ø·¡ ±×°ÍÀº ¡®stick¡¯º¸´Ù´Â ¡®staff¡¯À» ¸»Çϰí ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀ» ¹ß°ßÇÏ°Ô µÇ´Âµ¥ ¿¹¸¦ µé¸é 1542³â Nicolas UdallÀÇ Apophthegmes, that is to saie, prompte saiynges¿¡ ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ »ç¿ëµÈ °ü¿ë±¸°¡ µîÀåÇÑ´Ù.
As often as thei see theim selfes to haue the wurse ende of the staffe in their cause.
±×¸®°í ±× Á÷ÈÄÀÎ 1562³â John Heywood°¡ À¯¸íÇÑ Âü°í¼ The proverbs, epigrams, and miscellanies of John Heywood¸¦ ¹ß°£ÇÏ¸é¼ ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ ±â·ÏÇÔÀ¸·Î½á ÀÌ °ü¿ë±¸¿¡¼ÀÇ Àǹ̰¡ ¡®staff¡¯¿¡¼ ¡®stick¡¯À¸·Î Á¡ÇÁµÈ °ÍÀÌ ¸íÈ®ÇØÁ³´Ù.
"The worst end of the staff", we now say "wrong end of the stick".
16¼¼±â Heywood°¡ 'the wrong end of the stick'ÀÇ Àǹ̴ 'the worst end of the stick'°í °°´Ù°í ¾ÆÁÖ ¸íÈ®ÈÇß´Ù. ÀÌ °ü¿ë±¸ÀÇ Àǹ̴ º¯ÇÏÁö ¾Ê´Ù°¡ 19¼¼±â Áß¿±¿¡¼¾ß À߸øµÈ ÀÌÇØ¶ó´Â Àǹ̷Πgetting the wrong end of the stickÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏ°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù. ÀÌ·± ¹®¸ÆÀ¸·Î »ç¿ëµÈ ÃÖÃÊÀÇ ±â·ÏÀº 1850³â ¿µ±¹ Á¤Ä¡ ÀâÁöÀÎ The New Monthly Magazine·Î ´ÙÀ½°ú °°´Ù.
"I am so stupid - I am so apt to take things up in a wrong light. In fact, I am always getting hold of the wrong end of the stick."
'the shit end of the stick'ÀÇ ½Ã±â°¡ ÀÌ¿¡ °üÇÑ ÁÖÀåÀ» ±×·²µíÇÏ°Ô ¸¸µé°í Àִµ¥ ÀÌ °ü¿ë±¸°¡ ÀÌ ÇüÅ·ΠµîÀåÇÏ´Â °ÍÀº 19¼¼±â Áß¹ÝÀ¸·Î ¿¹¸¦ µé¸é 1846³â The Swell's Night Guide·Î ´ÙÀ½°ú °°´Ù.
Which of us had hold of the crappy (sh-ten) end of the stick?
ÇöÀç »ç¿ëµÇ´Â ºñÀ¯ÀûÀÎ ÀǹÌÀÇ 'the short end of the stick'¿¡ ´ëÇÑ »ç¿ë ¿¹¸¦ ±× ÀÌÀü ½Ã±â¿¡´Â ¹ß°ßÇÒ ¼ö°¡ ¾ø´Ù.