Slender reed In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "slender reed", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2022-03-09 11:03

Meaning of Slender reed

Slender reed noun phrase informal

Used to indicate a weak and unreliable support.

Jack is a coward. If we are in serious trouble, he will be a slender reed compared to his brother.

Don't believe him to invest stocks. He lost a large amount of money last year, so he has been only a slender reed.

Jane has got many bad marks. As she is a slender reed, she cannot help you.

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1. Used to talk about a clump of hair or fur vomited up by a cat.

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  1. An unreliable individual, group, or company.
  2. An individual who is hard to see through.
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Grammar and Usage of Slender reed

Origin of Slender reed

This phrase dates from scriptural times. In the former, in the books of Isaiah and two Kings, it used to be applied to Egypt. The term continued into the mid-twentieth century but it is listened to less regularly nowadays.

 

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