hit by/with the ugly stick
slang Struck with this fictional item, resulting in one's physical unattractiveness (in the speaker's view). A humorous hyperbolic expression. I always thought he'd been hit by the ugly stick, but with this new makeover, he's pretty darn cute.
hit by the ugly stick
mod. made to be very ugly. She is so lame. Looks like she was hit by the ugly stick till it broke!