slender reed

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent. idiomatic
    — "It was perfectly natural for you to think that a lad of eighteen was a slender reed to lean on in the time of trouble and danger."

词形变化

slender reeds plural
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