man of straw

A weak person. "A straw man" is sometimes used as a variant. She thought he was strong and honest, but he turned out to be nothing more than a man of straw.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Redmond	-	Irish
Trevino	[trə'vi:nəu]
Trendafilka	-	Macedonian
Abdul	-	Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Shakira	-	Arabic
Melchior	MEL-khee-awr (Dutch), MEL-kyawr (English)	Dutch, Judeo-Christian Legend