man of straw
noun[C]
uk/ˌmæn əv ˈstrɔː/us/ˌmæn əv ˈstrɑː/man of strawnoun[C](WEAK)
UK
someone who has aweakcharacter:
生性懦弱的人He wasaccusedby hisopponentsof being a man ofstrawandlackingindecisiveness.对手骂他窝囊废，缺乏决断力。
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebbidiom
- be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
- besomeone'spoodleidiom
- brittle
- helplessly
- helplessness
- house of cardsidiom
- human
- impotence
- soft target
- submissive
- submissively
- submissiveness
- suggestible
- watery
- wetness
- wimpy
- wonky
- wuss
man of strawnoun[C](IMAGINARY)
astraw man
稻草人（同 straw man）Miscellaneous criminals
- arsonist
- artifice burglar
- bigamist
- bioterrorist
- black hat
- distraction burglar
- distraction thief
- drug dealer
- embezzler
- expropriator
- launderer
- looter
- lowlife
- lynch mob
- money launderer
- shicer
- shoplifter
- small-timer
- smuggler
- snatcher