a man of straw

(British, American & Australian) also a straw man (American)

a person or an idea that is weak and easy to defeat Compared to their illustrious predecessors, the country's leaders seem to be men of straw.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tacito	tah-CHEE-to (Italian), tah-THEE-to (Spanish), tah-SEE-to (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
ØYvind	-	Norwegian
Ryder	RIE-dər	English (Modern)
Sif	SEEF (Norse Mythology)	Norse Mythology, Danish, Icelandic
Nanami	nah-nah-mee	Japanese
Enis	-	Bosnian