Meaning of broken reed | Babel Free
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
αναξιόπιστος βοηθός
Nederlands
onbetrouwbaar persoon
Examples
“Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.”
“Many of the big estates survived. Nor was the peasantry a broken reed in terms of demand for manufactured products.”
“A law on privacy would be cumbersome and hard to police, but as the Press Complaints Commission is a broken reed in this matter, each scandal makes it harder to stave off calls for legislation.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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