raw deal

raw deal
*a raw deal
an instance of unfair or bad treatment. (*Typically: get \raw deal; have \raw deal; give someone \raw deal.) •

Mary got a raw deal on her traffic ticket. She was innocent, but she had to pay a big fine.

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I bought a used TV that worked for two days and then quit. I sure got a raw deal.

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You sure had a raw deal.

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{n. phr.} Unfair treatment; inequity. * /Barry got a raw deal when he was sent to teach the class on advanced nuclear physics; he's an inexperienced graduate student./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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