a poor man's

a poor man's somebody/something

someone or something that is similar to a well-known person or thing but is not as good He was only ever a mediocre singer - they used to call him 'the poor man's Frank Sinatra'. 'So what did you think of the film?' 'It was just a poor man's 'Pulp Fiction'.'

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dunbar	['dʌnbɑ:]
&Aelig;Bbe	-	Anglo-Saxon
Bryan	['braiən]
Ignacio	eeg-NAH-thyo (Spanish), eeg-NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Natasa	-	Greek
Ryder	RIE-dər	English (Modern)