Meaning of sick man | Babel Free

Definitions

A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest.

idiomatic, usually, with-of

Examples

“The former openly likens Cuba to Turkey, saying that the island is the "sick man" of the West;”

“The House of Lords has now come to be pretty generally looked upon as the "Sick Man" of the English Constitution.”

“He told how in an economic sense we were one of the Sick Men of the World our industry dilapidated rundown and was not being renewed”

“For Asia as a whole, that target was just about achieved, even when including India and Indonesia, often regarded as the "sick men" of the continent.”

CEFR level