Alternative form of make bricks without straw

To select the shortest straw or other object while drawing straws. / (idiomatic) To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise).

(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The person who stimulates or inspires a group; the major factor affecting a trend or set of developments.

A species of ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis, of Australia and southern New Guinea, having stiff, spiky, straw-coloured feathers on the front of the neck.

plural of straw-necked ibis

(idiomatic) Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.

(idiomatic) A small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.

present participle of make bricks without straw

simple past tense and past participle of make bricks without straw

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make bricks without straw