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
Adrijana	-	Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
GrÉGoire	gre-GWAWR	French
JerÔNimo	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Marica	-	Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Jakki	JAK-ee	English (Rare)
Melker	-	Swedish