a man of straw



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.
See also: man, of, straw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hunfrid-Ancient Germanic
Tarquinius-Ancient Roman
Gall-History
TorstenTOSH-ten (Swedish), TAWR-sten (German)Swedish, Danish, German
Issur-Yiddish
Ambram-Biblical Greek