weak sister
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English
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Noun
[edit]weak sister (plural weak sisters)
- (chiefly US, idiomatic, derogatory) A person who is cowardly or indecisive.
- 1964, "Political Thriller" (film review of Seven Days in May), Time, Feb. 21:
- "Your course of action this past year has bordered on criminal negligence," he barks to the man whose job he means to take. "You're a weak sister, Mr. President."
- 1964, "Political Thriller" (film review of Seven Days in May), Time, Feb. 21:
- (chiefly US, idiomatic) A person or thing which is the least robust or least dependable member of a group.
- 1991 May 20, Larry Reibstein, “A Mexican Miracle?”, in Newsweek:
- San Antonio has always been viewed as the weak sister of the big regional centers of Houston and Dallas.
Synonyms
[edit]- (least robust of a group): sick man
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “weak sister”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.