a man of straw

常見(jiàn)例句

A man of straw is worth of a woman of gold.
稻草男人抵得上金玉女子。
If the defendant be a man of straw who is to pay the costs sir?
假若被告是個(gè)傀儡，那么誰(shuí)來(lái)支付這些費(fèi)用呢，先生？
It was a wonderful show, the waiter recalled—a man of straw, a man of tin.
演出可精彩啦，侍者回憶道，稻草人，鐵皮人。

In short, the prime minister seems intent on throwing his personal authority behind an attempt to demolish a man of straw.
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The presidential election there was a farce: Mr Rakhimov bullied what was left of the independent media, then won a two-man fight against a straw candidate who happened to be his own minister of forestry.
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In a straw man demonstration of the pitfalls in common statistical analysis, they showed that on the aggregate, women were accepted at a nearly 10% lower rate than men (35% to 44% respectively).
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