I was very young at the time and may have got the wrong end of the stick?

How can so many get the wrong end of the stick?

You never got anything but the short end of the stick.

Think you have the wrong end of the stick here.

Or am I getting the wrong end of the stick?

For getting the wrong end of the stick, I mean.

Workers see they're getting the short end of the stick.

You think you're getting the short end of the stick?

But the fact is he got the short end of the stick from us.

He could see beyond the wall, but not the other end of the stick.