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