廚房裡的木湯匙
這是東西本身，沒有比喻。
noun · A2
A large spoon made of wood, used for mixing and stirring food while you cook.
木湯匙／木鏟
核心畫面
Think of the plainest object in a kitchen: a long wooden spoon standing in a jar by the stove. It costs almost nothing, everybody has one, and nobody would ever show it off. Now picture a prize table at the end of a season, with silver cups at one end. If you put that spoon at the other end and hand it to whoever came last, the joke tells itself. Both uses of this phrase live on how ordinary the object is.
先想廚房裡最不起眼的那樣東西：一支長長的木湯匙，插在爐邊的罐子裡。它幾乎不值錢，每家都有，也沒有人會拿它炫耀。接著想…更多收起
先想廚房裡最不起眼的那樣東西：一支長長的木湯匙，插在爐邊的罐子裡。它幾乎不值錢，每家都有，也沒有人會拿它炫耀。接著想像球季結束的頒獎桌，一頭擺著銀色獎盃。如果你把那支湯匙放在另一頭，頒給最後一名，笑話自己就成立了。這個詞的兩個用法，靠的都是同一件事：這東西有多普通。Two branches
頒給最後一名的玩笑獎
獎盃是貴的，木湯匙是最便宜的，把它頒出去就成了善意的調侃。這是用法上的連結，不是在說歷史上一定這樣來的。
noun · C1
To come last in a competition. The wooden spoon is a joke prize for the team or person at the bottom.
墊底（得「木湯匙獎」）