draw straws

Verb

 * 1) To decide at random by drawing (selecting randomly between) straws, sticks, etc., one of which differs from the others (typically by being shorter), held in a person's hand so as to conceal which is the different one. Typically, whoever draws the short straw must complete some undesirable task.  Alternatively, whoever draws the longest straw gets a desired position.
 * 2)  To decide by any means of chance.
 * 1)  To decide by any means of chance.
 * 1)  To decide by any means of chance.

Translations

 * Breton:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: vetää pitkää tikkua
 * French:
 * Galician: palla perra, botar sortes
 * German: Stöckchen ziehen, Streichhölzer ziehen
 * Hungarian: sorsot húz
 * Polish: ciągnąć losy
 * Portuguese: