broken reed
Something or someone very fragile or unreliable.
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
reed
/ɹiːd/
noun 6name 5verb 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
broken, far-right, invasive, new, slender, tragic, weakest
The invasive reed species has taken over the wetland in just a few years.
VERB + REED
broke, like, play, search, thinking, took
She took the reed from the water and examined it carefully in the sunlight.
REED + NOUN
beds, phragmites
The reed beds along the river provide shelter for many nesting birds.
PREP.
in, on
The little bird built its nest in the reeds by the riverbank.
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